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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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
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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
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
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Author
Purkiss, D.
University College London
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University College London
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/V010735/1
Last updated
19 November 2024 11:04