Survey Shows Brits Arent Worried About Frequency Of Bin Collections

5 December 2011

People aren't worried about how often their bin is collected an independent survey by Icaro Consulting and Sauce Consultancy shows

The survey Attitudes to Waste and Recycling in Great Britain 2011 by Icaro Consulting and Sauce Consultancy said that 78 percent of the British public are happy with their bin services, weekly or otherwise.

The survey also showed that 79 percent of people with food waste collections were satisfied with their service. 　

Potential improvements were highlighted as local authorities needing to work harder to improve services for those living in flats, offer a higher level of customer service and provide more information to residents about what happens to their recycling - where it goes, what it gets made into and how to buy more recycled products.

Over a third of those interviewed were unsure of or did not support the idea of rewarding people for recycling, but interestingly the group most likely to like the idea of rewards were younger people - historically, the most difficult group to engage on recycling issues.

By contrast, 40 percent agreed with charging people according to how much rubbish they produce.

John Twitchen, MD of Sauce Consultancy, a specialist environmental communications company, says: "Regular food waste collections, with caddy liners supplied, is probably the best use for Eric Pickles' £250,000,000 fund to improve waste collections. It's the mess that offends, not the frequency."

Joy Blizzard, Chair of LARAC (Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee), said: "We welcome the report which certainly sheds light, rather than heat, on the current situation."

A full copy of the report can be found here: http://icaro-consulting.co.uk/2011/12/attitudes-to-waste-and-recycling-in-great-britain-2011/

Darrel Moore