Pickles launches £5m recycling reward scheme in latest bin collection salvo

Will Nichols
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Funding scheme offering vouchers to household that recycle is only open to councils with weekly bin pick ups

Conscientious recyclers are to be rewarded with shopping vouchers and other incentives, under a scheme launched today by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. A £5m fund has been set aside to help councils...

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