And their survey said . . .

Conducted by an independent market research company, the council said the black bin scheme research was reportedly aimed at assessing knowledge and understanding, evaluating residents’ thinking about recycling, behaviour change, views on the scheme and further refinements to the scheme.

According to the survey the proportion of residents who ‘always recycled’ or ‘did a lot of recycling’ moved from 62% before the trial to 92% as a consequence of it.

Some 71% of residents surveyed reportedly agreed they were recycling more waste in their green and brown bins, with 18% not giving an opinion and only 12% disagreeing.