Voucher pilot plan could boost recycling

The Conservatives are keen to encourage us all to recycle more of our waste by offering us a financial carrot. Set up in Philadelphia in 2004, RecycleBank has gone from working in just a few streets to having more than 150,000 customers in nine states.

A million more are signed up and waiting to get started. Households earn vouchers for every pound of waste they recycle. These can be redeemed at a wide range of shops, on everything from groceries to trainers.

Municipal authorities also benefit because they have to pay less for landfill, while recycling companies make more money from processing and retailers improve their environmental credentials.

View Full Article 9^th July 2008

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