It's claimed that if Exeter residents were better at recycling, the city council would have a million pounds more to spend on public services.
Local authorities can raise income by selling on recyclable materials.
Around a fifth of the waste going to landfill in Exeter could have been recycled - and it's thought many people don't realise that items including plastic bottles and food packaging can go into the green bin.
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