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Household food waste separation behavior and the importance of convenience.

In English

Författare

  • Anna Bernstad

Summary, in English

Two different strategies aiming at increasing household source-separation of food waste were assessed through a case-study in a Swedish residential area (a) use of written information, distributed as leaflets amongst households and (b) installation of equipment for source-segregation of waste with the aim of increasing convenience food waste sorting in kitchens. Weightings of separately collected food waste before and after distribution of written information suggest that this resulted in neither a significant increased amount of separately collected food waste, nor an increased source-separation ratio. After installation of sorting equipment in households, both the amount of separately collected food waste as well as the source-separation ratio increased vastly. Long-term monitoring shows that results where longstanding. Results emphasize the importance of convenience and existence of infrastructure necessary for source-segregation of waste as important factors for household waste recycling, but also highlight the need of addressing these aspects where waste is generated, i.e. already inside the household.

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1317-1323

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Waste Management: international journal of integrated waste management, science and technology

Volym

34

Issue

7

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Water Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1879-2456