The impact of local authorities’ interventions on household waste collection: a case study approach using time series modelling

Cole, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5681-827X, Quddus, M, Wheatley, A, Osmani, M and Kay, K, 2014. The impact of local authorities’ interventions on household waste collection: a case study approach using time series modelling. Waste Management, 34 (2), pp. 266-272. ISSN 0956-053X

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Abstract

At a local Government level there have been many interventions and changes made to household waste collection services to meet new regulatory requirements. These changes include separate collection of recyclable and organic materials. This paper has used a time series model to quantify the success of interventions introduced by a LA. The case study was a medium sized UK LA, Charnwood Borough Council (CBC), the research analyses monthly data of quantities of recyclates, garden waste for composting and residual waste for landfill disposal. The time series model was validated with a five year data set and used to measure the impacts of the various changes to identify which intervention was the most successful, while controlling for season and number of working days. The results show the interventions analysed both had abrupt and permanent positive impacts on the yield of recyclable materials, and a corresponding negative impact on the residual waste. The model could be added to the National data base to help LAs to compare interventions and to understand which schemes encourage householder participation and improve recycling performance.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Waste Management
Creators:	Cole, C., Quddus, M., Wheatley, A., Osmani, M. and Kay, K.
Publisher:	Pergamon Press
Place of Publication:	Oxford
Date:	February 2014
Volume:	34
Number:	2
ISSN:	0956-053X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.018 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	28 Oct 2015 10:34
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:55
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25936

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