Can education increase recycling rates?

摘要

Results of a new campaign show that it can have a significant impact. A Wrap Recycling Action Program campaign in Vancouver, WA, helped to more than double collection of plastic film wraps and bags through return-to-retail recycling programs, according to a new case study conducted with the City of Vancouver's Environmental Resources Division. To implement the program, known as "Recycle Wrap/Beyond Bags," the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Flexible Film Recycling Group partnered with The City of Vancouver; Clark County, WA; Safeway; and the Trex Company. The campaign sought to increase consumer awareness and recycling of many types of flexible polyethylene film packaging in select Vancouver-area Safeway stores, while decreasing unwanted plastic bags/film placed in curbside carts.