A survey on the functions and actual usage of the garbage separation application provided by local governments

Abstract

In recent years, many municipalities have begun to introduce or consider introducing applications for garbage separation, because there are various problems in household garbage collection, such as misconfirmation of the garbage collection day, forgetting to put out garbage, and not knowing how to put out or separate garbage. In this study, we surveyed the functions provided by the current garbage sorting application, investigated the functions that are highly convenient, and clarified the usage tendency of each function and the improvement points of the functions by cross tabulation. As a result of the questionnaire survey to understand the most useful functions, it was found that the search function for how to dispose of garbage was convenient and often used. A cross tabulation by gender showed that women tended to use this function more often than men and find it more convenient. A certain number of respondents answered that they would like to see improvements in the monthly and weekly calendar functions, and the garbage disposal search function. This study clarified the usage status of the functions, differences between men and women, and areas for improvement.