Survey on Households and the Environment Classification by characteristics of the dwelling Percentage of dwellings whose residents use specific products, by Autonomous Community of residence and frequency of use Units: % over the total number of dwellings Use throwaway products Use throwaway products fairly often Use recycled paper Use recycled paper fairly often Use returnable containers Use returnable containers fairly often Use rechargable batteries Use rechargable batteries fairly often NATIONAL TOTAL 89.5 57.2 33.4 13.5 27.8 12.6 50.5 29.5 Andalucía 92.6 65.6 26.0 11.0 28.5 16.4 56.3 37.7 Aragón 85.1 59.9 26.3 10.3 19.3 7.8 50.5 28.3 Asturias (Principado de ) 93.4 53.0 24.0 10.1 31.8 14.6 56.5 25.9 Balears (Illes) 85.6 53.5 46.4 27.2 21.8 13.2 49.9 33.9 Canarias 83.7 52.1 20.2 8.4 39.1 18.0 46.6 26.8 Cantabria 91.5 48.2 18.2 5.8 24.0 12.7 32.2 18.5 Castilla y León 87.2 57.0 29.1 10.8 25.3 10.8 46.9 29.2 Castilla-La Mancha 84.9 44.1 25.7 4.1 20.8 5.1 17.3 8.8 Cataluña 90.0 52.8 48.3 19.8 25.6 11.1 52.7 31.1 Comunitat Valenciana 91.8 65.0 23.2 12.4 9.2 3.5 46.5 28.1 Extremadura 95.8 74.5 16.0 3.1 44.6 15.8 44.3 21.5 Galicia 84.5 56.9 31.8 11.2 27.6 12.4 41.5 23.3 Madrid (Comunidad de) 89.7 48.9 47.7 17.9 45.8 19.3 62.4 31.9 Murcia (Región de) 95.2 66.5 36.9 11.3 32.0 14.0 45.8 23.2 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 89.0 55.3 29.6 13.5 23.3 11.3 54.7 32.7 País Vasco 85.5 55.5 33.2 14.7 25.8 12.4 53.9 31.0 Rioja (La) 88.3 60.7 26.8 13.6 17.5 10.1 48.1 32.9 Ceuta y Melilla 91.8 50.1 19.7 6.2 6.1 0.5 24.1 5.7 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute