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Recycle Bank

jlc mom Mar 04, 2008 01:49pm Total Posts: 137	Everyone should be aware of this organization. It is based in Phila. Wilmington, DE, where I live, is now participating. When I lived in CA, we got used to recycling, and then we moved back East and they were so behind here. Not any more! Recycle Bank has an awesome business model. Hopefully they will continue to expand. Here are some links: http://www.recyclebank.com/resources/vedit/RecycleBankNYTimes.pdf http://www.recyclebank.com Check it out! We used to have City trash pickup twice a week. With the new system, Recycle Bank gives out bins for all recyclables, and you don’t have to sort at all. I have been told they have a state-of-the-art machine that does lots of the sorting. Now, they collect trash one day a week, and recyclables one day a week. Everyone you talk to has way more recyclables than trash now. You can go online and check your account. They weigh what’s in your bin each week, and you earn recycle bank “dollars” and can redeem them for coupons. For example, you can get $10 off a $50 purchase at the grocery store. Makes recycling fun with good incentives. I believe that they negotiate a contract with the City, in our case, and the City makes out by saving landfill fees. I love that these guys figured out a business model that makes economic sense, and everybody wins.


aquarian73 Mar 07, 2008 10:18am Total Posts: 57	Incredible! I love this idea, I had recently wondered if one could get something like this going as I am a recycling fanatic. I should have known someone already had something going like this. I have curbside recycling but I have started to crush and save my cans so that when I get enough, I take them in for cash, it’s not much but it adds up. Thanks for posting. I love it!


AAOBen Mar 11, 2008 03:16pm Total Posts: 17	This is a realy great idea. The one thing that bothers me is that it has not yet reached australia. I am goin to write letters to local MP’s and Recycle Bank asking if they can bring it here. In the meantime i will do what else i can to help the environment in my own homw. =] Ben (15) (Aus)


Reedabook Apr 07, 2008 09:20pm Total Posts: 18	Dude, that’s way cool. I sometimes forget that other cities don’t even have recycling. I guess I’ve been spoiled by the great recycling/green waste system here in Washington


Count Fartula Apr 08, 2008 04:51am Total Posts: 7	Baltimore just started with the multi pick up recycling this year. I’ve started to get everyone at my job to get into the groove. They forget sometimes but I keep reminding them.


bubbletoes617 Apr 16, 2008 10:06pm Total Posts: 6	wow that is an amazing idea!! I wonder if theres a way to get that started down south…?