Study title

Interviews with People Who Compost Biowaste at Home 2024

Dataset ID Number

FSD4084

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4084
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4084

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Lehtokunnas, Taru (Tampere University)

Abstract

The dataset consists of interviews with people who have a home composting system, collected as part of the DECAY and WasteMatters projects. Interview topics included the adoption of home composting, unwanted insects, animals, and other materials associated with home composts, participants' relationship to composting, and the maintenance of composting systems. The interviewees discuss, for example, their composting routines, the seasonal cycle of composting, challenging and enjoyable composting-related tasks, their reasons for composting, and how they make use of the by-products generated through composting.

The interviews were guided by an interview guide, although some questions arose spontaneously during the interview situations. Depending on the interview, the number of interviewees ranged from one to two persons.

Keywords

everyday life; pests; recycling; waste disposal and handling; wastes

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Other (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Lehtokunnas, Taru (Tampere University)

Funders

• Research Council of Finland (350191)

Time Period Covered

2024

Collection Dates

2024 – 2024

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Kanta-Häme

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People living in Pirkanmaa, Kanta-Häme or South Ostrobothnia who have a home composting system.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

Participants were recruited by distributing invitations to areas where the researcher expected home composting systems to be present. In addition, the study invitation was shared through social media groups and various email mailing lists. Some participants were also recruited through snowball sampling as the study progressed.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

The dataset contains 13 interview transcripts in ODT format. In addition, a browsable HTML version and a tabular CSV version of the dataset have been produced.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher has anonymised the dataset. The dataset was anonymised by removing all names mentioned by the interviewees during the interviews, as well as any other information that could directly reveal their identity (for example, place of residence). Anonymisations are indicated in parentheses, and the note "muutettu teksti" has been added in square brackets following each anonymised passage.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Lehtokunnas, Taru (Tampere University): Interviews with People Who Compost Biowaste at Home 2024 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-07-01). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4084; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4084

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

FSD has not been informed of any publications related to the data.