The Survey on households and the environment 2008 was carried out during the period April-September 2008 in partnership with the statistical offices of Cataluña (Idescat), País Vasco (Eustat), Andalucía (IEA) and Galicia (IGE). Its objective was to study the habits, consumption patterns and attitudes of households in connection with the environment (saving energy, reducing the consumption of water, sorting waste,...).