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Enventure is once again providing research for Leeds City Council into a trial recycling scheme taking place in the Rothwell area of Leeds.

A new recycling scheme which offers residents the opportunity to recycle their food waste weekly, and a fortnightly collection of their general waste and recycling is currently being trialled and Enventure has been commissioned to engage with the local residents to find out what they think of it.

The research is taking both a quantitative and qualitative shape; our team of interviewers are out speaking to residents on the doorstep administering a survey using CAPI, and we are holding a series of discussion groups with residents in order to really investigate how they have found the trial scheme.

This phase of research follows on from an earlier stage, also conducted by Enventure, which initially scoped the trial recycling scheme to see what barriers were in place ready for its implementation, and to test what size food waste bins residents would want.

The findings of the research will be used to evaluate the success of the trial and assess whether it has potential to be rolled out to other areas of Leeds.

The Project Manager of the research, Matthew Thurman says: "It will be interesting to see how, a year on from our previous research, the residents of Rothwell are adapting to the new recycling scheme, particularly the food waste collection.  It's also another great opportunity for Enventure to do what we do best – deliver effective public engagement to local people concerning issues which really matter to them."