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25 more local businesses partner with Corpus Christi Recycles Program

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In recent weeks, 25 more local Corpus Christi businesses have partnered up with Corpus Christi's new recycling program that is tied in with www.recyclebank.com. Citizens earn points every time they participate in the recycling program by placing their Smart Carts on the curbside on pick up days.

Rewards come in the form of prizes and coupons that can be redeemed through the Recycle Bank website. Coupons can be printed off from emails sent by Recycle Bank. We just received our first coupons this past week just for enrolling in the program. It was for a free meal at Popeye's chicken. I love fried chicken!

It is great to see our city making headway in becoming a greener city.

I love that we also have an instruction label printed on the lid for those of us who can't remember what goes into the recycle bin.

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Carol Zingone
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Florida Network Realty - Jacksonville Beach, FL
Global Realtor in Jax Beach, FL - ABR, CRS, CIPS

I am a huge proponent of green living, and love this idea!

Jan 22, 2011 07:49 AM
Anja Kerstens, 669.270.8034
Compass - Morgan Hill, CA
GRI, NHCB, CDPE, CHS. Silicon Valley Homes

Great idea.  I too am a green consumer, using my own bags at grocery stores for the last 20 years and am shocked that your community didn't have a recycling program yet.  The program you mentioned offers a great incentive to recycle.

Jan 23, 2011 08:01 PM
Jerry Dugan
Corpus Christi, TX

Hi, Anja. Corpus Christi has had a recycling program, but it was very wimpy compared to this recent upgrade. Before, we had a small, green bin that very few people used, and there was little incentive or infrastructure to go big with our recycling efforts. This new program provides coupons and rewards for those who participate, so there's positive reinforcement to a new behavior. The carts are bigger, so we can recycle more stuff since we are still on the biweekly schedule we had with the small bins (another reason why people didn't recycle much, it filled up too quickly). It's a step in the right direction. I love this new mayor we have. He has my vote again for next term if he runs again. He better!

Jan 27, 2011 12:14 AM