Packs that once contained rice and grains, containers from the pantry, and grocery bags that once covered the landfills are now being reused. Over 50% of Ticos Reuse commercial packaging that comes from purchases.
This was released a Unimer survey, requested by La Nacion, whose objective was to measure some "green practices" of Costa Ricans.
In this sense, the survey highlighted that 64% of people Reuse Shopping Bags and 53% do the same with the plastic containers.
Compared to 2010 this year and more people opt for reuse. People who Reuse Shopping bags went from 49% in 2010 to 64% in 2012, while those who re-use plastic containers went from 40% in 2010 to become 53% in 2012.
Reuse is the step prior to recycling the waste management process.
Find out more about this survey and other related topics tomorrow in a special issue of La Nacion on the occasion of Environment Day.