Barriers and Enablers to Food Waste Recycling: A Mixed Methods Study amongst UK Citizens.

ABSTRACT: We aim to identify influences on UK citizens' household food waste recycling as a basis for designing strategies to increase household food waste collection rates via local services. Using a UK dataset (n = 1801) and the COM-B (Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour) model as a theoretical framework, we conduct quantitative regression and supporting thematic analyses to investigate influences on citizens' recycling of food waste. Results show that automatic motivation (e.g., emotions and habit) and psychological capability (e.g., knowledge) predict household food waste recycling. Physical opportunity (i.e., dealing with food waste in other ways such as home-composting or feeding pets/strays, time and financial costs) was the main barrier to recycling food waste identified in thematic

SUBMITTER: Allison AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8910430 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature