Trialling Recycling Interventions to Increase Food Waste Collections
‘Trialling Recycling Interventions to Increase Food Waste Collections’ is a
suite of three reports based on the results of trail undertaken in partnership with South Ayrshire Council to test the impact of different interventions on increasing participation in food waste recycling.
The trail tested three interventions:
- Adding ‘No Food Waste’ stickers to residual bins
- Providing free caddy liners
- A mixture of communications methods
The trial found that all three methods were successful in increasing participation from householders and increasing the yield of food waste collection. The stickers in particular had a notable impact, increasing participation by 7.7% and the amount of food waste collected by 42%, for a relatively low cost.
The caddy liners led to a 9% increase in participation, and a 14.4% increase in food waste collected. The communications led to a 4.7% increase in participation, and a 10.4% increase in food waste collected.
View the reports here.
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