Comments on: Recycling and Reuse: Are Financial Incentives Necessary? http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/01/recycling-and-reuse-are-financial-incentives-necessary/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:45:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: suruchi chopra http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/01/recycling-and-reuse-are-financial-incentives-necessary/comment-page-1/#comment-24995 suruchi chopra Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:02:59 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/01/recycling-and-reuse-are-financial-incentives-necessary/#comment-24995 Mr. Szaky, I support your idea of compensation for recycling to individuals because people will be people and generally they won't do an extra effort unless it's in one's habit or one is allowed to make it a habit. In this case, people are made to think twice before throwing recyclable material away because of the benefit attached and philanthropy. <br><br>I come from India and was wondering how can this idea be implemented in a place where there is mass illiteracy and less awareness of the existence of the concept of recycling. Mr. Szaky, I support your idea of compensation for recycling to individuals because people will be people and generally they won't do an extra effort unless it's in one's habit or one is allowed to make it a habit. In this case, people are made to think twice before throwing recyclable material away because of the benefit attached and philanthropy.

I come from India and was wondering how can this idea be implemented in a place where there is mass illiteracy and less awareness of the existence of the concept of recycling.

]]> By: Melibee http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/01/recycling-and-reuse-are-financial-incentives-necessary/comment-page-1/#comment-24993 Melibee Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:15:38 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/01/recycling-and-reuse-are-financial-incentives-necessary/#comment-24993 Unfortunately, I think we have moved so far into the "what's in it for me?" mentaility that it really WILL take a financial incentive to get people to re-think you they deal with their waste. <br>Also, there seems to be this mindset that "being green" is solely a liberal agenda. There needs to be a shift in thought for people to become more consious of what they are doing to our planet. Maybe it does need to start with a financial reward to do the right thing. I guess it can't hurt. Unfortunately, I think we have moved so far into the “what's in it for me?” mentaility that it really WILL take a financial incentive to get people to re-think you they deal with their waste.
Also, there seems to be this mindset that “being green” is solely a liberal agenda. There needs to be a shift in thought for people to become more consious of what they are doing to our planet. Maybe it does need to start with a financial reward to do the right thing. I guess it can't hurt.

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