Prize draw could boost recycling

A consumer group is proposing a recycling lottery to encourage people to adopt a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.

Under the scheme proposed by the National Consumer Council, people would be given the opportunity to win a major cash prize by using recycled products as the tickets in a prize draw.

The NCC believes such as lottery would help tackle Britain’s battery mountain, where only 1,000 of the 25,000 tonnes of batteries thrown away are recycled each year.

NCC chief executive Ed Mayo said such a lottery had doubled recycling levels in Norway. “All you do is squash your carton, write your name and number on it and pop it into the recycling bin for entry into the prize draw.”