| Summary: | As waste quantities increased in the Swedish society households were encouraged to sort their household waste in the 1980s. This was due to the fact that it had been shown that physical processing of unsorted waste risk spreading hazardous substances. Today, only 29% of all plastic packaging is recycled and as a result of poor waste management, we have had to accept the consequences such as the global warming. The purpose of this study was to investigate how sorting of waste differs depending on whether a person is located in their permanent residence or in their holiday accommodation, and the reason behind potential differences. For this investigation, a survey was conducted, where owners of summer cottages and mountain cottages were asked to answer the questionnaire in order to study whether the sorting of household waste in people’s permanent residence differs from their sorting of household waste in their holiday accommodation’s. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the sorting in the permanent home and in the holiday home. More people sorted their waste when they were located at their permanent residence in comparison to their holiday accomodations. However, there was no significant difference between the sorting of waste in summer cottages in comparison to mountain cottages. The reasons why more people sort in their permanent residence were, among other things, the shorter distance to recycling stations, the larger space, and the fact that there is currently no collection system for food waste for holiday homes in some municipalities.
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