Deposit Return Scheme: Scottish students enrolled in trial to test recycling rewards scheme

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Students from New College Lanarkshire can earn 20p per recycled item through on-campus Reverse Vending Machines

Students in Lanarkshire have this week started their participation in a trial that incentivises recycling through financial rewards, as part of efforts to test different behaviours and approaches to recycling...

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