Survey of public attitudes and behaviours toward the environment: report available

Survey of public attitudes and behaviours toward the environment: report available

The study, which took place in England, takes a look at what people in England think and how they behave across a range of issues relevant to the environment. Three quarters of people believe that if most people in the UK recycled more, cut down their car use or flew less, it would have a major or medium impact on the UK's contribution to climate change. However, although 60 per cent of people are willing to recycle more, less than a fifth are willing to use a car less, or fly less. Of the issues people think government should be dealing with, the environment was the fourth most commonly mentioned behind crime, health and education. The report can be viewed online at: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/pubatt/download/pubattsum2007.pdf