Recycle Bank

this site provides very interesting information about how we can recycle and do better for our world and gain points at the same time :)
i love the rewards, especially those coupons, where i can get up to $ 2 off kashi products, which is great!

While I applaud the effort, it is just not done well enough to work. I use it, albeit somewhat reluctantly, and every time I deal with the website, it makes me want to kill a marketing nerd.
Yes, you actually stimulate people to use recycling through major corporate sponsorship but you are missing three important factors.
1) The green movement is local, and making another ex J.P. Morgan investment banker in New York a lot of money just twists my knickers.
2) Customer service and interface are important in a website, and it is funny how corporate imperatives are insensitive to user friendliness, so guys, redesign your website using people who are not charging you $ 200k a pop, but know what a customer wants. I could find you someone very easily.
3) See #1. If you actually gave incentives that made a real difference to the incremental education of the average consumer and get them involved in the greening of Houston, maybe the some of the resentment caused by sending a heap of our local recycling funds to New York would be reduced.

Rewards for recycling?!? Awesome! Recycle Bank is great! After my recycling is picked up (every other week), I get an email letting me know I have points. I check the points every few months. When I have enough, I donate them to an Animal Sanctuary. There are many places to donate funds (if you choose to spend your points that way), and it is a super simple process. You can also use your points for discounts. Whoever came up with this idea is GENIUS!

this company has their recycle program in my community. So far it has been a disappointment for the rewards they offer. They seem to pester you to sign up and then don’t deliver much. They may help the environment for the recycling of paper, but don’t get excited if you get signed up. Registering is a bit complicated also. The site is tricky.