Annex Table 21
Households that had access to and used recycling programs, by material and by province, 1994 and 2006
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Access to programs1 | Used programs2 | |||||||||||||||
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Glass | Paper | Plastics | Metal cans | Glass | Paper | Plastics | Metal cans | |||||||||
1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | 1994 | 2006 | |
percent | ||||||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 12 | 75 | 20 | 35 | 19 | 72 | 21 | 61 | 41 | 92 | 44 | 74 | 47 | 92 | 49 | 90 |
Prince Edward Island | 19 | 96 | 21 | 98 | 17 | 99 | 17 | 99 | 67 | 98 | 70 | 96 | 63 | 99 | 63 | 99 |
Nova Scotia | 47 | 94 | 50 | 93 | 43 | 93 | 48 | 93 | 69 | 97 | 73 | 96 | 67 | 98 | 70 | 97 |
New Brunswick | 73 | 69 | 47 | 62 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 83 | 92 | 59 | 83 | 78 | 93 | 82 | 93 |
Quebec | 50 | 86 | 57 | 89 | 50 | 87 | 49 | 85 | 71 | 93 | 74 | 94 | 71 | 94 | 71 | 93 |
Ontario | 82 | 93 | 84 | 93 | 78 | 92 | 82 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 93 | 97 | 92 | 97 | 93 | 97 |
Manitoba | 59 | 85 | 61 | 87 | 61 | 84 | 61 | 83 | 46 | 84 | 48 | 86 | 51 | 86 | 51 | 87 |
Saskatchewan | 75 | 81 | 69 | 81 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 81 | 92 | 73 | 83 | 81 | 91 | 81 | 86 |
Alberta | 73 | 84 | 71 | 79 | 66 | 77 | 72 | 77 | 79 | 92 | 76 | 88 | 71 | 89 | 79 | 87 |
British Columbia | 71 | 89 | 75 | 91 | 56 | 88 | 70 | 88 | 86 | 96 | 88 | 96 | 82 | 96 | 86 | 95 |
Canada | 67 | 88 | 70 | 88 | 63 | 87 | 67 | 86 | 84 | 94 | 83 | 94 | 82 | 95 | 84 | 94 |
Notes: | ||||||||||||||||
1. As a percentage of all households. | ||||||||||||||||
2. As a percentage of those households that reported having access to a recycling program. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, Households and the Environment Survey, 1994 and 2006. |
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