{"id":134147,"date":"2024-10-01T07:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T04:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/baby-boomers-more-likely-to-recycle-than-gen-z-research-shows\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T07:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T04:56:45","slug":"baby-boomers-more-likely-to-recycle-than-gen-z-research-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/baby-boomers-more-likely-to-recycle-than-gen-z-research-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boomers more likely to recycle than Gen Z, research shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134147\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Research by sustainable packaging and recycling company DS Smith revealed Baby Boomers \u2013 people born between 1946 and 1964 \u2013 are the most likely to follow recycling rules. The research, which surveyed 2,000 people across the UK in September 2024, found that 54% of Baby Boomers said they recycled their paper and cardboard compared to 19% of Gen Z respondents. 64% of Boomers admitted throwing something in the bin instead of recycling it because they couldn\u2019t be bothered to clean it out, which rises to 92% for Gen Z \u2013 people born between 1997 and 2012 \u2013 and 84% for Millennials \u2013 people born between 1981 and 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Only 27% of Boomers said they were confused about what they can and can\u2019t recycle, while 53% of Gen Z respondents said they were confused. Recycling bins not being readily available in public spaces, a lack of knowledge, and contamination concerns around items such as meat packaging were the top reasons Gen Z said they struggle to recycle more. Amongst the items that frequently made it into the wrong bin for Gen Z were food waste (33%) and plastic bags (24%).<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to recycling instructions, 25% of Boomers felt more clarity is required on packaging on how to recycle it, the highest of any generation. Gen Z is most likely (64%) to call someone out if they see someone throwing something away that could have been recycled, with just 2% of Boomers saying they would do so. Poor recycling practices have been previously found to have an economic impact as well as an environmental one. Last year, DS Smith found that \u00a32.8bn worth of sustainable and recyclable packaging could end up in landfill or incineration by 2030 if the UK\u2019s declining recycling rates aren\u2019t reversed.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/baby-boomers-more-likely-to-recycle-than-gen-z-research-shows\/\">Circular Online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/5-605\/\">Baby Boomers more likely to recycle than Gen Z, research shows<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[5756,16300,575,764],"class_list":["post-134147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-age","tag-baby-boomer","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-recycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}