Fwd: [GreenYes] Recycling lottery

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

Berkeley, CA has had a recycling lottery in recent years.  Contacts:
Tania Levy <TLevy@ci.berkeley.ca.us> or Portia Sinnott at
<PMSinnott@aol.com>.

Gary Liss
From: "Roger Guttentag"
<rgutten@concentric.net>
> To: <greenyes@grrn.org>
> Subject: Re: [GreenYes] Garbage lottery
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:38:08 -0400
>
> I recall from previous research that I have done that the experience
> of
> communities using some kind of lottery-type incentive to boost
> recycling
> participation is that they do exert a temporary  positive stimulus
> as long
> as they are in effect, but there is a very rapid drop-off to the
> participation rates that existed prior to the lottery-type incentive
> once
> this particular kind of promotional effort ends.  (It's an effect
> similar to
> what happens to auto sales when the manufacturers run rebate programs and
> then stop them.)   I would certainly be interested in learning
> if recent
> research on this technique has resulted in different findings.
>
> Roger M. Guttentag
> 610-584-8836
> rgutten@concentric.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ian Westgate <WestgateI@guildford.gov.uk>
> To: <greenyes@grrn.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:36 AM
> Subject: [GreenYes] Garbage lottery
>
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone give me more info on the garbage lottery at Rockford
> Illionois
> or
> > similar. We want to try it but need more info. How are households
> chosen
> for
> > examination? Who carries out the checks? How often have you had
> rollovers?
> > Has the increase in participation been sustained? Did it run for a
> year or
> > continuously etc.
> >
> > Grateful for any details
> >
> > Ian Westgate
> > Assistant recycling Officer
> >
> >
> >
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