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Purkiss, D.

Survey of opinions and behaviours regarding home composting, alongside experimental data for disintegration and degradation of compostable materials, UK, 2019-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5285/1e5da176-6697-46e1-bbad-d275c100e103
This dataset is from a UK citizen science study called the Big Compost Experiment, and includes 1) Qualitative and numerical survey data from UK citizens about their opinions and behaviours towards biodegradable and compostable plastics, food waste disposal and home composting, and 2) Qualitative and numerical data from home composting experiments carried out on biodegradable and compostable plastic materials.

Data includes opinions and behaviours towards biodegradable and compostable plastics, food waste disposal, home composting methods, geographical location, observed disintegration and degradation performance of compostable plastics in home compost.

Data were collected between 07/11/2019 - 30/08/2023
Publication date: 2024-11-18
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2019-11-07    to    2023-08-30

Provenance & quality

Data was collected from participants via an online survey and an optional home composting experiment account. The survey comprised questions about opinions and behaviours towards biodegradable and compostable plastics, food waste and composting behaviours. The home composting experiment comprised self selecting compostable materials and testing them in participant home composters and sharing results about disintegration and degradation of the material after a participant’s normal composting timeframes via an online account. Data were analysed by the UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub research team (Purkiss et al., 2022).

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Purkiss, D. (2024). Survey of opinions and behaviours regarding home composting, alongside experimental data for disintegration and degradation of compostable materials, UK, 2019-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/1e5da176-6697-46e1-bbad-d275c100e103

Correspondence/contact details

Danielle Purkiss
University College London
 danielle.purkiss@ucl.ac.uk

Author

Purkiss, D.
University College London

Other contacts

Rights holder
University College London
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
health
society
Keywords
Big Compost Experiment , biodegradable plastics , citizen science , compostable plastics , Environmental survey , home composting , packaging , Pollution , UK
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/V010735/1
Last updated
19 November 2024 11:04