Get Rewarded For Recycling at These Retailers

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PennyGem’s Chloe Hurst helps reveal some ways retailers aren’t wasting the opportunity to reduce environmental impact by offering recycling reward systems.

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00:00Money motivation usually works for most incentivized trickery, and these retailers have got you covered.

00:10Well, at least in discounts or freebies to reward you for recycling.

00:14Money Talks News reports, certain companies are offering a recycle program

00:19to turn your hoarding items into store credit, coupons, or best of all, cash.

00:24Popular fashion retailer H&M are offering 15% off your next in-store purchase,

00:30in exchange for clothing of any brand, in any condition, as part of their textile recycling program.

00:36As part of the cosmetic company's Back to Mac initiative,

00:39Mac Cosmetics are working to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging

00:43by helping to reduce the amount of plastic sent to landfill.

00:47Turn in six empty Mac containers to participating stores or by mail,

00:51and you will get a free standard lipstick of your choice.

00:55Your environment will thank you for it.

00:57According to the conversation, over an average lifetime of 78.7 years,

01:02one American would send 67,000 pounds of waste to landfills.

01:07And the likely cause of an average American's 4.5 pounds of daily waste

01:11lies in the ignorance of waste problems and recycling strategies.

01:15Motivation matters because gone are the days of information being enough

01:19to drive sustainable behavior.

01:21According to a 2014 survey, 41% of participants said money or rewards

01:26were the most effective way to get them to recycle.

01:29So keep going, retailers. Let's not waste an opportunity to do better.

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