Would you take part in a waste study for £200?

Researchers are offering households £200 to take part in a study aimed at finding ways to tackle waste at home.

Oxfordshire County Council and the environmental charity Earthwatch Europe are looking for households in Wantage and Grove to take part in their CircleUp project.

The research, which is also taking place in Latvia, Norway and Germany, is hoping to identify practical ways to use fewer resources and create less waste.

Mark Watson, from the county council, said researchers were looking for "quite a variety of different types of people" to get involved with the project.

"We find quite often that lots of people are interested in trying to reduce their waste and consume less, but maybe they don't know how to do it," he said.

"This will help us understand what the barriers are to doing that, and how we can help people."

The project focuses on food, clothing, electronics, and packaging, and will encourage participants to reuse, repair and recycle.

It is looking for 40 households from Grove and Wantage to take part, alongside those on the continent.

Watson explained the study was "focussed on the circular economy", and is "all about looking at how you consume and buy things that considers the whole environmental impact of everything you do".

"It's about making those decisions and about what you consume and what you throw away."

He said lots of decisions people make daily were "around what we buy and what we consume".

"This project is really trying to drill into that with households," he added.

The project is set to begin in May, with webinars and in-person sessions for those interested in taking part. People can also contact [email protected].

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