People have become aware over the years of recycling, separating each of the waste and taking it to the correct container. Recycling is important: thanks to this, waste is converted into raw material to be used again, an end that prevents pollution.
At the time of recycling, each container, bottle or other product is usually deposited and all this without obtaining a bonus, at least until now. Despite this, in some countries if you recycle you get a small reward, sometimes they give you back a part of the amount you purchased at a centre.
RECYCLES was born as a return and reward system (SDR) in Spain, with which to get prizes for recycling. Imagine being able to enter a draw for all kinds of products, where you can win a phone, a tablet, a bicycle or even a tall backpack.
What is RECYCLES?
This new bonus system for recycling has been developed by Ecoembes, which thereby encourages the millions of people who recycle today. RECICLOS is an application with which you can accumulate points called "RECICLOS", you can get one for each bar code read from cans and plastic bottles of drinks.
Thanks to the camera we can scan the barcodes, then you have to take the cans or plastic bottles to the yellow container and scan the QR code that you will find in it. It has a simple operation, which once you get used to it, you will do more and more frequently.
RECICLOS is available in most Spanish municipalities, you also have the option of finding them through the search engine of the service website.
Enter the name of your city and it will tell you the points where you can quickly find a yellow container with the RECYCLES technology.
This is how RECYCLES works
The first and fundamental thing to start is to download the application, available on Android and iOS, it will also ask you for a short registration that lasts less than a minute. Once you have registered, begins to add RECYCLES with the reading of the codes of bars of cans and plastic bottles of drinks through the app itself.
In a few simple steps you can accumulate those RECYCLES and be able to opt for any of the prizes, which are varied and important if they touch you. The steps to make use of it are as follows: download the app, sign up, scan the barcodes of cans and plastic bottles of beverages, take the containers to a yellow container, scan the QR code that you will find in it and it will add you all codes recorded.
To get the prizes, you must exchange the RECYCLES for participation in raffles that take place every week. RECICLOS will raffle different gifts, among which are a bicycle, a scooter, a large backpack, a smartphone, among other gifts. You can also donate your RECYCLES to improve your city or help people.
Use the yellow and Recycle bins
To participate you must use the yellow containers of your cityIn addition, you can also do it with the RECYCLING machines, to do this, consult those available in the city where you live. If you access the web, it will allow you to enter the town and will provide you with all the information about them.
Participation will increase if the family environment is recycling and reading the bar codes of cans and plastic bottles of drinks. RECYCLES will work on versions of Android 6.0 or higher, while in iOS it does so in versions from 12 to the current ones.
The yellow containers of the municipalities where RECICLOS is active, has a QR code that you must scan when depositing the containers in it, in this way the RECYCLES generated are activated and thus you can start participating in the raffles or donate them to social or environmental projects.
How Recycles works
The return and reward system (SDR) has five points, once you master it you will be able to get those points called RECYCLES. The greater the amount of recycling of cans and plastic bottles, the more likely you are to receive one of the aforementioned gifts, although there is a limit of 25 RECYCLES per week.
the five steps of how RECICLOS works, are:
- Scan the RECICLOS app from the Play Store or App Store
- Scan the barcode on the beverage cans or plastic bottles you are going to recycle
- Deposit the container in a yellow container
- Scan the QR code of the container
- Earn points and redeem for sustainable or social incentives
You can also participate through the RECICLOS machines, in this case the machine directly scans the bar codes, you only have to scan the QR code that will appear on the screen, to add the RECICLOS generated.
Once you recycle you can accumulate those points that you can see in the application, you can also consider exchanging them for the improvement of your city or helping people. If you prefer this, it will come in handy because of the many improvements to do whenever possible in your neighborhood or city.
Things you can do with RECYCLES
n the first point, RECICLOS intends to take care of the environment, does so by promoting sustainable mobility with participation in a raffle for public transport tickets or bicycles. It is a point to take into account, thanks to this the contamination will be in a smaller phase than using a vehicle per person.
The second point is to support the community, you can choose that these points go to social or environmental projects, such as donations to NGOs. Introduce improvements in your neighborhood or help people who need it most, among many other things you can do.
It is the case that many neighbors have already been using their RECICLOS points for the two points mentioned, which makes a common good for the community. RECICLOS is an important bet that many thousands of people already use through mobile devices, whether using Android or iOS.
Download RECYCLES
The RECICLOS app is available on Android and iOS, you can download the version for Google's operating system at this link, while the one for the version is available at this link. The tool weighs a few megabytes and registration is extremely simple once you open the app.
It is available on both operating systems, more than 3.000 gifts have already been raffled since its inception and expects to deliver many more from this year and the next.
