{"id":113926,"date":"2023-05-05T07:57:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T04:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/belgium-gamifies-recycling-with-new-app\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T04:57:42","slug":"belgium-gamifies-recycling-with-new-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/belgium-gamifies-recycling-with-new-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium gamifies recycling with new app"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113926\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Belgium\u2019s national recycling company FostPlus launched a new app that aims to gamify recycling and draw attention to the problem of unrecycled litter. The app is called \u2018De Click\u2019 (The Click) and is now available around the country. It asks users to take pictures of litter they have thrown out, preferably with a visible barcode and based on the picture, the app rewards the user with vouchers, the so-called \u2018Circular Ucoins\u2019. These can be redeemed at certain partner vendors, used for entering museums and can also be donated to certain environment protection groups like Natuurpunt.<\/p>\n<p>According to local authorities, in 2022 cleaning services collected 880 tons of waste, an increase of 20% compared to the previous year. From these, 23 tons were illegal dumping, an increase of 60% compared to 2021. This provoked local authorities to organise a litter collection campaign in 2023. 24 organisations, non-governmental and private, took part, as well as 800 students from 12 primary schools. The collected trash was then posed on Aalst\u2019s main square for all to see.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, according to city officials, the sheer amount of rubbish provoked an additional reaction \u2013 a campaign to convince people to pick up litter wherever they see it. This is why they decided to back De Click, a simple app rewarding good behaviour. All a user needs to do is pick up a piece of trash and photograph it when they are disposing of it in the proper container. The reward? Vouchers for municipal services, as well as for some businesses. The hope is this will incentivise the local population by creating a positive feedback mechanism for throwing away trash responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themayor.eu\/en\/a\/view\/belgium-gamifies-recycling-with-new-app-11782\">The Mayor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/4-359\/\">Belgium gamifies recycling with new app<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1346,598,575,764],"class_list":["post-113926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-application","tag-belgium","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-recycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}