READ ME File For 'Garden waste SURVEY RESULTS data file' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1272 ReadMe Author: SONIA HEAVEN, University of Southampton [ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7798-4683] This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Paul Eades, Sigrid Kusch-Brandt, Sonia Heaven, Charles J. Banks TITLE: Estimating the Generation of Garden Waste in England and the Differences between Rural and Urban Areas JOURNAL: Resources 2020, 9(1), 8 PAPER DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/resources9010008 This dataset contains: Data of garden waste generation at 341 rural and 798 urban households. The dataset consists of 3 spreadsheets and 3 figures (6 folders). The collected data are compiled in the spreadsheets RURAL and URBAN, while the other folders contain material extracted from these two main spreadsheets for information only. The specific contents of the dataset are as follows: 1. Spreadsheet "RURAL": - Columns B to H: Digital image analysis data for each surveyed rural household. - Columns I to AU: Documentation of answers to questionnaire (including composting practices, materials composted, other methods to dispose of garden waste, burning practices). - Columns AY to BH: Decoding of answers for composting and burning practices (decoding into quantities). - Columns BI to BQ: Calculation of total garden waste generation for each rural household, considering quantities for composting, burning, kerbside collection, delivery to recycling centre. 2. Spreadsheet "URBAN": - Columns B to H: Digital image analysis data for each surveyed rural household. - Columns I to AX: Documentation of answers to questionnaire (including composting practices, materials composted, other methods to dispose of garden waste, burning practices). - Columns AY to BH: Decoding of answers for composting and burning practices (decoding into quantities). - Columns BI to BQ: Calculation of total garden waste generation for each urban household, considering quantities for composting, burning, kerbside collection, delivery to recycling centre. 3. Spreadsheet "COMBINED" - Data for both rural and urban households (taken from the main spreadsheets RURAL and URBAN). 4. Figure "hh per m2" - Relationship between total quantity of garden waste produced per household and garden space occupied by the householder (rural and urban households, x-axis in logarithmic scale, Figure 5b in publication). 5. Figure "hh per m2 (2)" - Relationship between total quantity of garden waste produced per household and garden space occupied by the householder (rural and urban households, x-axis in linear scale, Figure 5a in publication). 6. Figure "hh per m2 (3)" - Equivalent to Figure "hh per m2 (2)", but showing linear regression of parameters only, not logarithmic regression (figure not included in publication). Date of data collection: The household survey data (interviews) were collected in summer and early autumn of 2003. Information about geographic location of data collection: Test Valley Borough Council district of Hampshire, UK. Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 Related projects: Waste Consortium project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under the Sustainable Urban Environment (SUE) Programme Date that the file was created: February, 2020