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Turn Trash to Cash - Recyclebank
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:24 pm
by David Anderson
http://www.recyclebank.com/
No more sorting.
No longer would we need two different recycling garbage trucks.
Residents earn points/rewards for every pound of recycled material picked-up.
Reduce a city's carbon footprint.
Save city dollars (potentially).
Here's a video that appeared on MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp ... 0#27286665
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:27 pm
by Ed FitzGerald
This is a great link. I'll be sharing this with people at work tomorrow.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:48 pm
by Colleen Wing
http://www.wired.com/science/discoverie ... 6/01/70078
The Waste Management system is what we had in Detroit. It sorts down to compost with no effort from the customer. This would be a 100% participation system.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:04 am
by Barbara Michel
Great video David! Thank you for bringing this up.
I sent information on these programs to city personnel in ’06. At that time the city was considering fining residents that didn’t recycle. Unfortunately department and personnel were trimmed during budget cuts.
Also posted On Deck in July during an interesting thread called: “How “Green†Should Lakewood Be?†Resident’s had some great thoughts:
http://lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewt ... sc&start=0
Some additional sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/busin ... ref=slogin
http://www.springwise.com/eco_sustainab ... recycling/
http://www.recyclebank.com/how-it-works
Making it easy for residents and taking it a step further by giving them incentive rewards works.
A side benefit would be no more bags and papers blowing around streets.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:43 am
by Rhonda loje
Great video and it makes sense!
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:26 pm
by David Anderson
Thanks for linking the July conversation, Barbara.
I briefly recalled that thread but couldn't put my finger on it.
I agree with your sentiment, providing a real incentive to recycle seems to be the key.
It would be great of a resulting Lakewood recycling rewards program could allow residents to redeem at Lakewood businesses. Maybe our local Chamber of Commerce has some reaction.
Thanks again.
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:30 am
by Danielle Masters
Nice video, interesting system. We had those types of bins, minus the chip, in Arizona. It was nice to be able to put all recycling in one bin. Everyone on our street used the bins, it was easy so there was no reason not to. With the added incentive I think even more people would recycle.