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Tamsin Brown CALVIA has become the first munic ipality in Mallorca to set up a Re turn and Reward System (RRS) whereby residents who deposit cans and plastic drinks bottles for recycling will receive points which they can then donate to the Span ish Association Against Cancer; the organisation Sonrisa Médica, which is dedicated to bringing laughter to sick children in hospitals; or to planting trees to help fight against desertification. The points are obtained by recy cling using one of the 480 yellow containers that have been fitted with the technology or via the doortodoor system, said the Calvia Town Hall on August 16. To participate in this system, residents must download the free Reciclos application and scan the barcode on each can or bottle they wish to recycle. They then take their bag of containers to the yellow recycling bin in the street, deposit them and scan the QR code on the bin. When using the doortodoor sys tem, users simply scan each bar code, place the bag with the pack aging at the entrance of their home
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REWARDS FOR RECYCLING
RETURN AND REWARD: The system works using an app.
or in the designated areas during the packaging collection hours, take a photo of the bag with the app and activate geolocation to identify the recycling point on a map. The system has been designed by the nonprofit environmental or ganisation Ecoembes. The manager of Ecoembes in the Balearic Islands, Xavier Balagué, said that this inno
vative system aims to help to meet the recycling targets set by the Eu ropean Union, which “require a great effort on the part of society as a whole.” He also said that this solution helps to promote the circu larity of packaging and “citizens can contribute to improving the envi ronment through the rewards they get from recycling.”
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