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London Borough of Waltham Forest

Citizen insights and ideas on how to increase food waste recycling

The Colectiv Interview

Qualitative Findings

Conclusions and Recommendations

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London Borough of Waltham Forest

Citizen insights and ideas on how to increase food waste recycling

The Colectiv Interview

Aim

To understand barriers and motivations to recycle food waste

Completion and Feedback

52 people from a local climate panel participated

Qualitative Findings

People are motivated if they believe it will have an environmental impact

Residents need to believe in what the council does with their food waste

Disgust is the biggest barrier to recycling

People worry smells, flies, foxes and rodents will increase

Space and collection reliability were concerns

The logistics of recycling food were often mentioned

Residents want the Council to get the basics rights

Make the collections frequent and regular, and provide nice, clean bins

People want to know what will happen to their food waste

Explain and show the environmental benefits locally

Conclusions and Recommendations

Conclusions

Support the majority of people that want to recycle, some never will

Colectiv Recommendations

Trial some additional initiatives, and provide a link for feedback

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London Borough of Waltham Forest

Citizen insights and ideas on how to increase food waste recycling

The Colectiv Interview

AimTo understand barriers and motivations to recycle food waste

Aim

To understand barriers and motivations to recycle food waste

Completion and Feedback52 people from a local climate panel participated"Very concise, follow up questions were relevant to the answers given."

Completion and Feedback

52 people from a local climate panel participated

Qualitative Findings

People are motivated if they believe it will have an environmental impactResidents need to believe in what the council does with their food waste"Convince people that it is worth the effort in terms of the environment."

People are motivated if they believe it will have an environmental impact

Residents need to believe in what the council does with their food waste

Disgust is the biggest barrier to recyclingPeople worry smells, flies, foxes and rodents will increase"It isn't a pleasant job to take the food waste bag out - it is often a bit slimy!"

Disgust is the biggest barrier to recycling

People worry smells, flies, foxes and rodents will increase

Space and collection reliability were concernsThe logistics of recycling food were often mentioned

Space and collection reliability were concerns

The logistics of recycling food were often mentioned

Residents want the Council to get the basics rightsMake the collections frequent and regular, and provide nice, clean bins"Tight fitting lids and frequent collection"

Residents want the Council to get the basics rights

Make the collections frequent and regular, and provide nice, clean bins

People want to know what will happen to their food wasteExplain and show the environmental benefits locally"Give out compost to show the cycle in full"

People want to know what will happen to their food waste

Explain and show the environmental benefits locally

Conclusions and Recommendations

ConclusionsSupport the majority of people that want to recycle, some never will

Conclusions

Support the majority of people that want to recycle, some never will

Colectiv RecommendationsTrial some additional initiatives, and provide a link for feedback

Colectiv Recommendations

Trial some additional initiatives, and provide a link for feedback

Links

Contact us