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Waste Currency

Brands accept waste as a payment for goods to reinforce positive perceptions

Implications - Consumers are becoming more aware of how their habits affect the environment, which a number of brands are taking in stride by accepting waste as a form of payment. This active push for recycling helps reinforce a positive image of the brand for consumers and align previously wasteful brands with eco-conscious customers.
Trend Themes
1. Waste Currency - Brands are accepting waste as payment to reinforce positive perceptions and align previously wasteful brands with eco-conscious customers.
2. Incentivized Recycling - Incentives like prizes or pet food encourage people to recycle and can be implemented in public spaces and events.
3. Rewarding Retail Recycling Programs - Incentives like Target's NextWorth trade-in program incentivises consumers to trade in old electronics, while also maintaining business for the brand.
Industry Implications
1. Retail - Incentivized recycling and reward programs like Target's NextWorth can keep customers engaging with brands.
2. Food and Beverage - The use of pet food in pet-feeding recycling bins like Pugedon's can help address the problem of stray animals, besides promoting recycling.
3. Environmental Services - The collection of used batteries like in Volkswagen's Think Blue vending machine is an innovative, creative solution aimed for sustainability.
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Featured Examples

Can Currency Campaigns
Can Currency Campaigns
McDonald's Stockholm Lets Youth Trade in Bags of Recycled Cans For Burgers
In an eco-conscious marketing move, McDonald’s Stockholm is letting you pay for food with recycled cans. The interactive initiative was conceived and designed by advertising agency DDB... MORE
Incentivized Recycling Machines
Incentivized Recycling Machines
The Envirobank Recycling Machine Offers Prizes for Cleaning Litter
Envirobank is a recycling machine that encourages people to feed it used plastics in exchange for the chance to win bus trips and movie tickets. It’s pretty frustrating to see someplace that&#... MORE
Pet-Feeding Recycling Bins
Pet-Feeding Recycling Bins
This Unique Pet Feeder Trades Recycled Items for Pet Food
This unique pet feeder by Pugedon is designed to tackle two problems at once, addressing the number of stray animals that run rampant on the streets of Istanbul, as well as the need to increase... MORE
Charitable Airport Regulations
Charitable Airport Regulations
The Frankfurt Airport Recycling Bank Makes Giving Up Bottles Easier
The Frankfurt Airport recycling bank somehow manages to make giving up bottles of water and cans of soda to security fun. The German airport’s new recycling banks make it easier for passengers... MORE
Bartering Biomass Teahouses
Bartering Biomass Teahouses
The Methane Cafe is an Eco Cafe in Japan That Trades Trash for Tea
There are a ton of places that claim to be sustainable, but everything about Japan’s Methane Cafe, including its name, positions it as an eco cafe. It’s one thing to be conscious about... MORE
play_circle_filledEco Vending Machines
Eco Vending Machines
Volkswagen's Think Blue Vending Machine Accepts Old Batteries As Payment
As part of an initiative called Think Blue, car company Volkswagen wanted to find ways to make it easier for people to recycle. One of its inventive solutions came in the form of a vending machine,... MORE
Rewarding Retail Recycling Programs
Rewarding Retail Recycling Programs
Target's NextWorth Program Rewards Consumers with Gift Cards
In order to incentivise consumers to recycle their old electronics, Target has teamed up with a company called NextWorth to launch its own trade-in program. Target’s trade-in initiative is... MORE

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