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Recycling Incentive Program

Recycling Incentive Program. Final Project Presentation Holly Conner MPA 6510 December 17, 2010. What’s the Problem?. Why don’t people recycle? Convenience Understanding of impact Lack of encouragement by local government/agencies. Why Recycle?. Cost Savings Decrease in landfill use

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Recycling Incentive Program

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  1. Recycling Incentive Program Final Project Presentation Holly Conner MPA 6510 December 17, 2010

  2. What’s the Problem? • Why don’t people recycle? • Convenience • Understanding of impact • Lack of encouragement by local government/agencies

  3. Why Recycle? • Cost Savings • Decrease in landfill use • Revenue generated from recyclables • Job creation • Positive Environmental Impact

  4. What Can We Do? • Curbside Recycling • Convenient • Easy for residents to use • Little additional action on their part • Require extensive change to existing facilities • Lengthy implementation • Recycling Incentives • Direct reward for recycling • Cumulative rewards programs or periodic prize drawings • Pay as you throw (PAYT) • Must appeal to wide range of residents

  5. Recycling Incentives • Little overhead and operating costs • Direct reward to consumers • Long term encouragement • Easy to use • Adaptable

  6. RecycleBank • RecycleBank is helping to create a culture that encourages people to take simple steps towards greener lifestyles. • Through collaboration and innovation, RecycleBank motivates people to take greener actions and rewards them with points that can be redeemed from participating local and national business partners. • We believe that making greener choices shouldn’t feel at all like a trade off. It should be a trade up, and so RecycleBank rewards you every step of the way, from residential recycling to product reuse, e-waste recycling and responsible disposal, or simply focusing on using what already exists in the world today. • Operating in more than 300 communities across 26 states and the United Kingdom, learn more about our company by playing the video to the left, and click to view recent media coverage, news clips, and press releases. (RecycleBank, n.d.). • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIGC0Tbpg4

  7. New Policy • “In order to increase residential recycling rates, a recycling incentive policy will be implemented to reward those that participate in existing recycling programs” • Partnership with RecycleBank

  8. Implementation Plan • Step One: Evaluation • Needs • Incentive plan • Step Two: Communication • Spread the word! • Step Three: Measurement and Evaluation

  9. Outcomes • Short-term • Immediate increase in participation • Job creation • Long-term • Decrease in landfill use • Sustainability • Positive environmental impact

  10. References Bounds, Amy. (2010, May 27). “Superior Recycling Incentive Program Gets Mixed Reviews”. Daily Camera. Retrieved from http://www.dailycamera.com/superior-news/ci_15177833 Buzzle. (n.d.). “Positive and Negative Effects of Recycling”. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/positive-and-negative-effects-of-recycling.html CalRecycle. (2010, June 15). “Incentive Programs for Local Government Recycling and Waste Reduction”. CalRecycle. Retrieved from http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/Library/Innovations/Incentives/ CalRecycle. (2010, June 15). “Generator Incentives”. CalRecycle. Retrieved from http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/Library/Innovations/Incentives/GenIncen.htm Earth911. (n.d.). “Curbside Recycling”. Earth911. Retrieved from http://earth911.com/recycling/curbside-recycling/

  11. References Gerson Lehram Group. (2009, October 25). “Smarter Trash: How Incentive Programs Can Motivate Participation in Recycling”. Gerson Lehrman Group. Retrieved from http://www.glgroup.com/News/Smarter-Trash--How-Incentive-Programs-Can-Motivate-Participation-in-Recycling-44398.html Pandey, Kundan. (2010, August 31). “Benefits of Recycling Paper”. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/benefits-of-recycling-paper.html RecycleBank. (n.d.). “An Introduction to RecycleBank”. Retrieved from http://corporate.recyclebank.com/press Reifschneider, Meranda. (n.d.). “Benefits of Recycling”. Retrieved from http://www.kansasgreenteams.org/files/Benefits%20of%20Recycling%20Newsletter%20Article_0_0.pdf Ruben-Salama, Celine. (2007, March 19). “Incentive Based Recycling by RecycleBank”. Treehugger. Retrieved from http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/incentive_based.php

  12. References Shaffer, Leah. (2008, October 15). “Recycling Incentive Program Debuts in Eden Prairie”. RecycleBank. Retrieved from http://corporate.recyclebank.com/press/coverage/68--recycling-incentive-program-debuts-in-eden-prairie

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