The development of a UK kerbside scheme using known practice

Abstract

Local authorities in the UK have been set challenging new targets for recycling household waste for 2005. This means many of them are urgently trying to determine which parameters in kerbside schemes are most important for increasing recycling rates. In this work information from previous kerbside schemes is used to plan significant improvements in an existing scheme in Horsham District, UK, and trialled using 1,000 homes including a control group. It used fortnightly collection of residual waste with sets of recyclables collected on alternate weeks. The new scheme resulted in improvements of participation rates from 72% to 84%, and set-out rates of 45% to 59% (falling to 76% and 50% respectively some months later). Details on participation and set-out for different groups of materials is given, as well as levels of excess waste and participation in the collection of garden waste.

Examining the Moderating Role of Perceived Lack of Facilitating Conditions on Household Recycling Intention in Kano, Nigeria

“…Martin et al, [53] reported that if individual perceived a lack of recycling facilities and local collection, he/she may likely not participate in recycling. Other studies have also revealed absolutely consistent results on the role of recycling facilities and local collection in influencing residents' intention toward recycling [41,43,54,55].…”

“…Also, a study by Miafodzyeva and Brandt [43] revealed that access to curbside collection positively influences residents' waste recycling intention. Other studies also reported that access to curbside station influence recycling behavior and increase recycling of all type of materials [41,54,55]. Thus, households with better access to local collection tend to recycle more, also, a good location of recycling collection stations not far from the households may influence recycling behavior [76].…”

Recycling Behaviour Among Householders: Synthesizing Determinants Via a Meta-analysis

“…All sources analysed (Fig. 6) report that access to kerbside recycling stimulates recycling behaviour and increases recycling of all material types [4,9,22,26,49,54,61,62]. According to the authors, this indicates that recycling based on any system other than kerbside (property closed) collection (mostly drop-off stations involving storage, time and transport costs for individuals) can lower participation.…”

Reverse logistics in household recycling and waste systems: a symbiosis perspective

“…14 Previous studies have pointed to cause and effect relations between improved recycling schemes and improved recycling rates (Williams and Cole, 2013;Woodard et al 2005). …”