title: The impact of Local Authorities' interventions on household waste collection: a case study approach using time series modelling.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. Electronic address: christine.cole@charnwood.gov.uk.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quddus
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.affiliation: School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osmani
authors.affiliation: Charnwood Borough Council, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2TN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kath
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006794:Household Articles / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011640:Public Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D059027:Recycling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D014866:Waste Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D014866:Waste Products
keywords: Household waste; Intervention; Recycling; Time series analysis