Tag Archives: incentives
Guilty Green
Recyclebank operates incentivised recycling schemes on behalf of local authorities in order to encourage households to recycle more. It clearly believes in its mission but I think it’s great that it is willing to accept that its staff are not … Continue reading
Why are carrots incentives?
What I find really odd is that, when talking about incentivisation, everyone from government ministers down to the administrators of a particular recycling schemes, refer to it as the “carrot and stick approach”. Here’s the thing: literal carrots are nice … Continue reading
Eric Pickles – Liar, Liar
Captain SKA calls George Osborne, Nick Clegg and David Cameron liars. But it seems that the government as a whole suffers from pathological mendacity. Even straight-talking, cuddly, Yorkshire man, Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, … Continue reading
Success or failure
I have just heard from a friend on Facebook that our local branch of Tesco’s ran out plastic bags and were actually handing out bin liners for people to use to carry their shopping in. Now, from an environmental point … Continue reading
