Bags to Riches
Philadelphia
If you got paid for it, would you remember to recycle? The paradigm-shifting RecycleBank thinks you might. Its incentive-laden plan has helped household recycling rates skyrocket in some cities—from 30 percent to 90 percent in one Philadelphia neighborhood. It works simply: The company’s trucks pick up all your recyclables (for free) and record the weight. You can then redeem the corresponding RecycleBank Dollars at participating stores—including chains like Starbucks and FedEx, and plenty of local retailers, restaurants, and even bars. Local governments win, too: It is cheaper for the participating cities—in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and soon New York and throughout New England—to pay RecycleBank directly for every household served than to ship the unsorted waste from all households to
expensive landfills.
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Bag to Riches
Recycling to me is more of a neccessity than an option. And for me, the satisfaction of knowing that I'm doing my part as one household to help the environment is all the incentive I need. Unfortunately, I'm not able to say that about most of my friends and family. But I know something like this would peak their interests.
This program could be especially proactive if it were funded by corporations that serve the needs of the families and people that participated in the program.
For a family that lives paycheque to paycheque, some RecycleBank Dollars for the grocery store or pharmacy are going to alleviate a lot of stress.
Posted on February 25, 2007 — by JaiDesigned
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In the Third world is not posible.
Any company can't do it in south america!!!, none company in thios side side of the world has logistic conditions to make that enviroment accion. and who knows!!!
The recycle bank idea is Great!!!!!!!
Posted on March 4, 2007 — by believe
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Doing Good and Well
Recyclebank offers a win/win opportunity where one can recycle to reap both an environmental and financial benefit.
Getting Recyclebank to every American household is a good step to helping save the environment.
How can we get the word out to more people, cities, and companies to hop aboard this win/win environmentally and socially responsible initiative?
Posted on March 4, 2007 — by EliseMoussa
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recycling...what's that?
I live in a city with atleast 3 million in pop... San Antonio, TX. Recycling is completely optional here even though recently the dumpsites had to ask permission from the city to increase the height at which the heaping mass of trash could go!!! Not only is it optional to recycle here, it is also very difficult as this environmentally sound way to dispose of garbage hardly exists. If you want to recycle you must separate all of your items by plastic #, glass color, paper/cardboard, etc. yourself and then drive across the city to drop off.... plastic here, drive another 20 mi to drop off glass here, drive 30 mi to drop off cardboard here. In the mean time you have gone through a tank of gas... WHERE'S the balance?... why do cities not make this a reward system for participants as recycle bank has proven works? VERY aggravating.
Posted on April 5, 2007 — by cmarieb
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