A new recycling scheme which could pave the way for more effect recycling methods could receive Government funding within just a few weeks. Bristol City Council has put through a motion for approval for funding for placing microchips into wheelie bins. Currently the funding decision is under review by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
If the volunteer-based rewards scheme is approved, Bristol will be the first district to approve such a measure. The scheme calls for black wheelie bins to be outfitted with microchips which will weight the amount of waste being recycled per household. Incentives will then be given to households producing less landfill waste and recycling more often.
Gary Hopkins, a Liberal Democrat, visited London along with a team to showcase the plans before Defra and submit them for a funding decision. Mr Hopkins, who is responsible for the council’s waste department, announced that the meeting had gone well.
If approved for funding, the Bristol City Council would begin running a trial involving 2,362 homes located between Bishopston, Redland, and Cotham. The microchips will keep record of weights of recycled waste and identify which household which bins belong to. The trial will last six months, and if successful could lead to a city wide implementation of the scheme.
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