Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Greater Porto: who Recycle will get discounts on goods and services

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Lipor, the company that manages the collection and recycling of waste in eight municipalities of the Grand Harbour, will reward users of Ant recycling centers (Ermesinde) and Cal (Gondomar) with a trading card deposit of waste by points that entitle to discounts on goods and services.

According to the newspaper Público, the project is called Ecoshop and will be extended to companies that use the Ecofone Line for collection, domicile, of material for recycling.

This pilot project has as a partner the company green dot and may also include discounts on fuel. However, and according to the initiative's Manager, Emanuel Monteiro, commercial partnerships are not yet closed.

The card will start to be delivered later this month and works in a simple way: who put three pounds of paper in an EcoCentre will have eight points on the card, for example. The value of each deposit is specified in regulation, here. The document is also specified the type of material that can be deposited: batteries, contaminated packaging, rubble, styrofoam, wood, lamps, cooking oils and minerals, paper and cardboard, batteries, plastics, clothing, electrical equipment, scrap waste, ink jet cartridges and toners, glass and scraps of Greens.

In Exchange for points, several companies have agreed to give benefits to the best recyclers. There are four categories, according to environmental awareness: up to 250, 500, 1000 and above 5,000 points. The best recyclers can win a tablet or smartphone.

According to Emanuel Monteiro, these partnerships can include the area of retail and services such as auto repair shops.

For now, the project will last a year. After this trial period, will evaluate their relevance and continuity. The idea for this project was born from an internal competition.

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