DAYTON, Ohio - The City of Dayton announced that they will begin a new recycling program designed to encourage more participation.

Officials say the city will distribute new jumbo recycling bins with microchips embedded inside in an effort to track citizen participation. Recent reports show that only about 27 percent of Dayton's residents recycle, but only account for about 3 percent of the city's waste stream.

The microchips, which use radio frequency identification technology, will be installed in the bin handles. Four city waste collection trucks will be equipped to read the microchips that will be associated with specific street addresses.

The city's new bins will be blue, but will resemble the green ones currently in use. A $500,000 federal stimulus grant will pay for a consultant to design a promotional campaign to encourage more recycling throughout the city.