Linton Scarborough, Store Manager, IKEA Edinburgh, said: “At IKEA, we are committed to ensuring sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We strive to be a good neighbour and we want to inspire and enable our customers to live a more sustainable life at home, helping them to save or generate energy, reduce or sort waste
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment Richard Lochhead opening the Reverse Vending Machines at IKEA Edinburgh and IKEA Glasgow. IKEA Edinburgh and IKEA Glasgow are trialling the projects, which will reward people for recycling glass, aluminium and plastic (PET) drinks containers through a range of incentives such as money back, discount vouchers or vouchers for donations to charities.
At IKEA, shoppers will be able to recycle any glass, plastic or aluminium drinks containers purchased from the restaurant, shop, or vending machines in their Edinburgh and Glasgow stores. Once returned and deposited through the machine, for each item shoppers will be offered the choice of a 10p voucher to redeem in-store or a 10p donation to one of the stores’ selected charities.
Ikea recycle bottle return idea at Edinburgh store At IKEA stores in Glasgow and Edinburgh, shoppers can use a ‘reverse vending’ machine to deposit bottles or cans bought on site in exhange for a voucher - each item deposited is worth 10p to be redeemed in store or as a donation to charity. The programme is part of Zero Waste Scotland’s commitment to recycle 70% and landfill only 5% by 2025.
£1.00 reward against a new IKEA LEDARE Light Bulb at IKEA Gateshead Wow, £1.00 of your next IKEA light bulb. Reverse Vending at IKEA. Recycle any light bulb at IKEA Gateshead and receive a voucher from the Light Bulb Recycling Machine. Redeemable against any IKEA Gateshead LEDARE light bulb. Valid from Sunday 1st February to Saturday 28th March.
Richard Lochhead with IKEA customer Marlen Jones who is thrilled with her donation to Woodland Trust . The Reverse Vending Machine by gives the "user" a reward voucher for each can or bottle recycled. The user may choose to receive 10 pence for each bottle or can or may choose to donate the money to a chosen Charity
1 Year ago today the Scottish Government’s Environment Secretary helped to launch the first ‘Recycle and Reward’ Reverse Vending schemes in Scotland aimed at encouraging people to recycle empty bottles and cans. The machines at both IKEA Glasgow and IKEA Edinburgh have worked without fault for over 12 months, both IKEA and their customers are very happy with the “Recycle and Reward” project.
(Left to Right ) Sofie Rogers, Store Sustainability Responsible (IKEA) Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment; Iain Gulland, Director Zero Waste Scotland ; Sean McArthur, Food Manager and Sustainability Manager (IKEA) in front of a Reverse Vending Machine pilot project for glass , aluminium and PET at the Edinburgh IKEA store