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<br /> housing by the largest percentage of any group (67.3%), twice <br /> that for the African-americans (33.3%), <br /> RATINGS ON ENVIRONMENT AND RECYCLING <br /> Respondents were asked to indicate the extent of their <br /> current recycling efforts, and their willingness to recycle <br /> more if given opportunities to do so. Table 16 presents the <br /> results. <br /> [See Table 16] <br /> Current recycling efforts of most items are quite <br /> modest. Only when it comes to aluminum cans, where 51.1% say <br /> they currently engage in recycling efforts, and newspapers, <br /> where 34.4% say they recycle, is there a relatively moderate <br /> recycling effort. Nonetheless, for all items a majority, or <br /> very close to a majority, of citizens indicate that they <br /> would recycle if given the opportunity. <br /> The response patterns of students and residents are <br /> quite similar in most categories except for one as reflected <br /> in Table 16a. Students indicate a much higher propensity to <br /> recycle aluminum cans than residents (61.3% compared with <br /> 44.0%), but that is probably attributable to their higher use <br /> rate. In regard to residential location, residents in the <br /> west sector of the city are most active in recycling, ranking <br /> 55 <br />