Window and boiler recycling

 
Usually operated by the government or a company, scrappage themes provide the customers an incentive to trade in their old equipment. The incentives might be money towards a new purchase of the unit or it could be money in exchange for bringing an old unit in for disposal. These sorts of schemes are very popular as a lot more people are becoming environmentally aware and would like to do anything they can to preserve the environment. Great Britain has run a few successful scrappage schemes over the years. The more successful ones where the window and boiler recycling schemes.

The way it works usually is that the customer will be required to qualify that they are eligible for the scheme. It may also be traded in for a new unit. In the event the unit fits the criteria and is eligible, then the company may give the customer some money - typically a set amount of money - in the way of a discount towards a better and a lot more eco-friendly version of that unit. The government will sometimes match the amount that the company is giving to the customer. When the government matches what was given to the customer, it might be part of the amount that was given or it could also be the full amount. The item is taken in by the company which is then repurposed or destroyed.
 
Glass and Glazing Federation with Anglican Home Improvements, market leaders in the energy efficient windows petitioned the government to develop a windows scrappage scheme. Even though there has been no response from the government, Anglican Home Improvements went ahead in October 2013 and began a scrappage scheme for windows. Anglican Home Improvements had a similar scheme to this which they ran in 2009. They are the first major company to run a windows scrappage scheme.

In 2010, British Gas and the government agreed to give credit towards a new boiler if they brought the old one in at the time of purchasing a new one. It only ran for a few months because the threshold of 125,000 homes had been furnished. This served the purpose of recycling old units and installing new units into the homes.

The car scrappage scheme ran in 2009 and was very simple. You would receive a discount on a new vehicle if you scrapped your car that was built in 1999 or earlier. This was increased to cars having to have been built in 2000 or earlier. The idea behind this scheme was that it would give the automobile industry a boost and reduce the environmental damage caused by ageing cars. Whether the scheme was successful or not was questionable from an environmental perspective but it did increase the efficiency of the cars and overall safety of the vehicles.