The Bristol City Council will conduct trials on a new recycling scheme aimed at boosting residential recycling efforts. Residents in three separate areas around Bristol will participate in the trial which will involve cash incentives for recycling.
The scheme centers around reducing the amount of black bag waste produced by each household, and those households which produce the least will be rewarded with cash prizes. Residents who volunteer to participate will be given a chipped wheelie bin. New collection vehicles will be outfitted with weighing equipment in order to record the weights of the bins each week. Incentives will be given based on how many kilos each household produces according to the number of people in residence.
Namely, a household could receive 50 pence for every kg of waste they save from going to the landfill. The maximum incentive, however, which could be earned is a total of £17.50 per person per household each year. In total earnings could be up to £30 to £40 at each household just for recycling waste.
The Bristol City Council will submit a formal proposal to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs by next Monday asking for support and funding for the trial scheme. Currently, Bristol has set a target to be recycling 50% of the city’s waste by the close of the year.
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