Research Services

Waste Watch has conducted research on behalf of government and businesses, including several large blue chip companies.

Our research services include:

• attitudinal and participation monitoring
• desk-based best practice studies
• qualitative research including surveys, depth interviews and focus groups
• stakeholder research.

Waste Watch research has informed national policy and advanced sustainable waste and resource management in the UK.

In 1999 we commissioned the first UK-wide survey of public attitudes to waste which shaped the development of future national and local awareness campaigns.

Since then, we've worked on a variety of high-profile research projects focused on pro-environmental behaviour change, including studies on:

• community-based behaviour change initiatives;
• waste prevention initiatives;
• recycling and food waste schemes; and
• communication approaches for different audiences.

We’ve also undertaken some important commissions to identify solutions around dealing with problematic waste streams, such as aerosol cans and other packaging materials.

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