ENVIRONMENT and
QuALITY of
LIFE SURVEY
“Maruxa Mallo” Secondary School - ORDES
Mª Isabel Mato Torres Mª Cristina Paris Ferreiro Esteban Calviño Louzao
“Maruxa Mallo” Secondary School - ORDES
This survey has been carried out by all the 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year students from Maruxa Mallo Secondary School. Each of them was responsible for 4 questionnaires: 2 adults (1 relative and 1 neighbour) and 2 teenagers (him/herself and a neighbour). More than 700 questionnaires were handed in to the students and more than 500 were analysed.
Mª Cristina París Ferreiro, Science teacher and responsible for the questions, Mª Isabel Mato Torres, English teacher and responsible for the English version, Esteban Calviño Louzao, Maths and Biology teacher and responsible for the graphs would like to thank: Mª Carmen Fernández García, Science teacher, and Mª Carmen García Romalde, Biology teacher, for checking and revising the questionnaire. Marisol Liste Noya, English teacher, and Stacy Weltzin, English assistant, for checking and revising the English version. Rosario Fernández Bello, Galician Language teacher, for checking and revising the Galician version. And, of course, all the students who made this activity possible.
ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY Town /village:………………………………… Age: 14 - 20 years old.
1. Where does your household water come from? From a spring. From a river. From the sea.
21 or older.
From Don’t
a well. know.
2. Does your household water go through a water treatment plant before reaching your home? Yes. Don’t know. No. 3. Do you keep the tap closed while you are brushing your teeth? Yes. No. 4. How do you keep your body clean? A bath 5. Where does your household water go to? To a cesspit/cesspool. To a septic tank. To a sewage treatment plant.
A
shower.
To
a river. flows freely on the surface. Don’t know. It
6. Water and additives (washing powders, disinfectants…) which stables and bulk milk cooling tanks are washed with go to: To a cesspit. It flows on the surface. To a septic tank. Don’t know. To the sewer system or drains. 7. Tractor cisterns which carry slurry (liquid manure) are washed: Straight in the river. Don’t know. In a specific place collecting sewage. 8. Where do bottles, cans, cartons, … and remains (herbicides, pesticides, sulfates, detergents…) go to? Rubbish/Waste. Don’t know. Specific garbage collection point. 9. What do you do with medicine remains or medicines which have expired? Rubbish/Waste. Don’t know. Pharmacy: Point “SIGRE”. (Sistema Integrado de Gestión y Recogida de Envases= Integrated Management System and Containers waste Collecting) 10. When you buy something, do you accept plastic bags? Yes. Sometimes. No.
11. Plastic removed from silos and greenhouses goes to: Rubbish/Waste. Collected and recycled by a company. Get burnt. Don’t know. Left on the land. 12. What do you do with the leftovers? Given to animals. Rubbish/Waste.
Sent
for compost. know.
Don’t
13. Is there a used oil (kitchen and machines) collecting point near your house? Yes. Don’t know. No. 14. What do people in garages usually do with old tyres? Send for recycling. Burn them. Throw as rubbish. Don’t know. 15. Where do useless cars end up? In a landfill or rubbish dump. In a scrap yard.
Don’t
know.
16. Building companies throw their rubble and paint tins in: Ordinary containers. Landfills. Builders’ rubble containers. Don’t know. 17. Do you usually separate waste (paper, glass, batteries, organic waste…) before throwing it away? Yes. Sometimes. No. 18. What do you do with non-suitable household electrical appliances? Leave them in an isolated place. Call the collecting special service. Throw them away as rubbish. Don’t know. 19. How many landfills do you know in your area? 0 1
2 More
20. The meaning of 3R is: Romper + Retirar + Reducir. (Break + Remove + Reduce) Reducir + Reutilizar + Reciclar. (Reduce + Re-use + Recycle) Romper+Reducir + Repoñer. (Break+ Reduce + Replace) 21. We must we take care of water because… It is not a resource. It is a limited resource.
It
is a plentiful resource.
26 34 2 37 42
31 4 64 7
30 64 2 31 17
35 7 1 62 7
2. Does your household water go through a water treatment plant before reaching your home? Yes. No. Don’t know.
93 17 31
24 52 30
100 24 20
35 66 11
3. Do you keep the tap closed while you are brushing your teeth? Yes. No.
97 44
68 38
92 52
72 40
21 120
25 81
18 126
21 91
5. Where does your household water go to? To a cesspit/cesspool. To a septic tank. To a sewage treatment plant. To a river. It flows freely on the surface. Don’t know.
14 15 52 5 1 54
32 36 8 2 7 21
22 26 62 6 8 20
45 39 15 3 4 6
6. Water and additives (washing powders, disinfectants…) which stables and bulk milk cooling tanks are washed with go to: To a cesspit. To a septic tank. To the sewer system or drains. It flows on the surface. Don’t know.
25 17 23 8 68
27 14 13 2 50
38 22 24 3 57
46 24 12 6 24
7. Tractor cisterns which carry slurry (liquid manure) are washed: Straight in the river. In a specific place collecting sewage. Don’t know.
23 43 75
31 26 49
13 55 76
33 41 38
VILLAGES: Poulo—Marzoa—Pereira—Vilamaior—Beán— Barbeiros—Calvente—Mesón do Bento—Mercurín—Ardemil— Leira—Buscás—O Seixo—Montaos—Guindiboo—Fosado— Parada—Lesta
Village Adults : 112
1. Where does your household water come from? From a spring. From a river. From the sea. From a well. Don’t know.
ORDES: Town centre
Town Adults : 144
Village Teenagers : 106
RESULTS
Town Teenagers : 141
ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE:
4. How do you keep your body clean? A
bath A shower.
62 26 18
9. What do you do with medicine remains or medicines which have expired? Rubbish/Waste. 53 45 Pharmacy: Point “SIGRE”. 81 54
Village Adults : 112
Village Teenagers : 106
63 50 28
Town Adults : 144
Town Teenagers : 141 8. Where do bottles, cans, cartons, … and remains (herbicides, pesticides, sulfates, detergents…) go to? Rubbish/Waste. Specific garbage collection point. Don’t know.
59 59 26
50 45 17
34 104
40 67
(Sistema Integrado de Gestión y Recogida de Envases= Integrated Management System and Containers waste Collecting) Don’t
know.
7
7
6
5
56 13 72
39 14 53
67 29 48
48 10 54
25 Get burnt. 21 Left on the land. 13 Collected and recycled by a company. 17 Don’t know. 65
27 20 7 23 29
31 10 5 56 42
33 24 5 33 17
84 18 2 2
66 58 17 3
85 14 10 3
85 36 20
23 68 15
91 44 9
28 75 9
58 6 18 59
43 12 8 43
81 11 12 40
58 13 11 30
10. When you buy something, do you accept plastic bags? Yes. No. Sometimes. 11. Plastic removed from silos and greenhouses goes to: Rubbish/Waste.
12. What do you do with the leftovers? Given
to animals. Rubbish/Waste. Sent for compost. Don’t know.
62 61 13 5
13. Is there a used oil (kitchen and machines) collecting point near your house? Yes. No. Don’t
know.
14. What do people in garages usually do with old tyres? Send
for recycling. Throw as rubbish. Burn them. Don’t know.
In
a landfill or rubbish dump. 6 a scrap yard. 121 Don’t know. 14 In
Village Adults : 112
Town Adults : 144
Village Teenagers : 106
Town Teenagers : 141
15. Where do useless cars end up?
3 87 16
5 128 11
6 95 11
1 69 7 29
6 115 7 16
4 88 6 14
16. Building companies throw their rubble and paint tins in: Ordinary
containers. rubble containers. Landfills. Don’t know. Builders’
6 87 10 38
17. Do you usually separate waste (paper, glass, batteries, organic waste…) before throwing it away? Yes.
38 63 40
28 51 27
55 41 48
41 39 3
10 24 83 24
4 25 55 22
8 21 108 7
10 33 63 6
0
73
60
72
62
1
30
16
27
18
2
13
9
19
12
More.
25
21
26
20
Romper
3
3
9
5
136
103
130
104
2
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5
3
4 130 7
1 96 9
136 8
1 102 9
No. Sometimes.
18. What do you do with non-suitable household electrical appliances? Leave
them in an isolated place.
Throw Call
them away as rubbish.
the collecting special service.
Don’t
know.
19. How many landfills do you know in your area?
20. The meaning of 3R is: + Retirar + Reducir. (Break + Remove + Reduce) Reducir + Reutilizar + Reciclar. (Reduce + Re-use + Recycle) Romper+Reducir + Repoñer. (Break+ Reduce + Replace) 21. We must we take care of water because… It is not a resource. It is a limited resource. It is a plentiful resource.
ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
GRAPHS 1. Where does your household water come from? From
a spring.
From
a well.
From
a river.
From
the sea.
Don’t know.
100% 90% 80% 70% Don't know
60%
Well
50%
Sea
40%
River
30%
Spring
20% 10% 0% Town teenagers
Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
2. Does your household water go through a water treatment plant before reaching your home? Yes.
No.
Don’t
know.
3. Do you keep the tap closed while you are brushing your teeth? Yes.
No.
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
No Yes
Town teenagers
Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
4. How do you keep your body clean? A
bath
A
shower.
5. Where does your household water go to? To To
a cesspit/cesspool. a septic tank.
To a sewage treatment plant. flows freely on the surface.
It
To
a river. know.
Don’t
6. Water and additives (washing powders, disinfectants…) which stables and bulk milk cooling tanks are washed with go to: To
To
a cesspit. To the sewer system or drains.
a septic tank. Don’t know.
It
flows on the surface.
7. Tractor cisterns which carry slurry (liquid manure) are washed: Straight
in the river.
In a specific place collecting sewage.
Don’t
know.
100% 90% 80%
70%
Don't know
60%
In a specific place collecting sewage River
50%
40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Town teenagers Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
8. Where do bottles, cans, cartons, … and remains (herbicides, pesticides, sulfates, detergents…) go to? Rubbish/Waste.
Specific garbage collection point.
Don’t
know.
Village adults
Town adults
Rubbish/Waste Specific garbage collection point
Village teenagers
Town teenagers
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
9. What do you do with medicine remains or medicines which have expired? Rubbish/Waste.
Pharmacy:
Point “SIGRE”.
Don’t know.
100% 90% 80%
70% 60% Don't know Pharmacy Rubbish/Waste
50%
40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Town Village Town teenagersteenagers adults
Village adults
10. When you buy something, do you accept plastic bags? Yes.
No.
Tow n teenagers
Sometimes.
Tow n adults
Yes
Yes
No
No
Sometimes
Sometimes
Village adults
Village teenagers
Yes No Sometimes
Yes No Sometimes
11. Plastic removed from silos and greenhouses goes to:
Rubbish/Waste. and recycled by a company.
Collected
Get
burnt. Don’t know.
Left on the land.
12. What do you do with the leftovers?
Given to animals.
Sent for compost.
Rubbish/Waste.
Don’t know.
Village adults
Given to animals
Town adults
Rubbish/Waste Sent for compost
Village teenagers
Don't know
Town teenagers 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
13. Is there a used oil (kitchen and machines) collecting point near your house? Yes.
No.
Don’t
100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
know.
Don't know No Yes
Town Village Town teenagersteenagers adults
Village adults
14. What do people in garages usually do with old tyres?
Send for recycling.
Throw
as rubbish.
Burn them.
Don’t
know.
100% 90% 80% 70%
Don't know
60%
Burn them
50%
Throw as rubbish
40%
Send for recycling
30% 20% 10% 0% Town teenagers
Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
15. Where do useless cars end up? In
a landfill or rubbish dump.
In
a scrap yard.
Don’t
know.
100% 90%
80% 70% Don't know
60% 50%
In a landfill or rubbish dump
40% 30%
In a scrap yard
20%
10% 0% Town teenagers
Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
16. Building companies throw their rubble and paint tins in:
Ordinary containers.
Builders’ rubble containers.
Landfills.
Don’t
know.
100% 90% 80% 70% Don't know
60%
Landfills
50%
Builders’ rubble containers
40%
Ordinary containers
30% 20%
10% 0% Town teenagers
Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
17. Do you usually separate waste (paper, glass, batteries, organic waste…) before throwing it away?
Yes.
No.
Sometimes.
18. What do you do with non-suitable household electrical appliances?
Leave them in an isolated place. them away as rubbish.
Call
Throw
the collecting special service. know.
Don’t
Village adults
Leave them in an isolated place
Town adults
Rubbish/Waste Call the collecting special service
Village teenagers
Don't know
Town teenagers
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
19. How many landfills do you know in your area?
0
1
2
More
100% 90% 80% 70% 60%
More 2
50%
1
40%
0
30% 20% 10% 0% Town teenagers
Village teenagers
Town adults
Village adults
20. The meaning of 3R is: Romper
+ Retirar + Reducir. (Break + Remove + Reduce) + Reutilizar + Reciclar. (Reduce + Re-use + Recycle) Romper+Reducir + Repoñer. (Break+ Reduce + Replace) Reducir
Village adults
Town adults
Break, Remove and Reduce Reduce, Re-use and Recycle Break,Reduce and Replace
Village teenagers
Town teenagers
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
21. We must we take care of water because… It
is not a resource.
It
is a plentiful resource.
It is a limited resource.
Village teenagers 1% 8%
It is not a resource It is a limited resource
It is a plentiful resource.
91%
To wn teen agers
5%3%
It is not a resource It is a limited resource
92%
It is a plentiful resource.
Town adults 0% 6% It is not a resource It is a limited resource
94%
It is a plentiful resource.
Villag e ad ults 8%
1% It is not a resource
91%
It is a limited resource It is a plentiful resource.