Marks & Spencer are one of the many firms which has signed up for the voucher reward scheme.
CITY residents could soon be given shopping vouchers and discounts for being green.
But plans to install microchips in bins to weigh how much paper, glass and plastic each home is recycling are likely to prove controversial.
Council chiefs want to launch the reward scheme across Southampton within a year after successful pilot projects in other parts of the country.
However, privacy campaigners have warned that it could open the door to people being fined for how much waste they throw out.
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