The phrase "alternative scheme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different plans, methods, or systems that can be used as substitutes for one another.
Example: "The committee proposed an alternative scheme for funding the project that would reduce costs significantly."
Alternatives: "substitute plan" or "replacement strategy".
Dr. Loeb outlined an alternative scheme.
Its alternative scheme might be clear and simple, but "like a lot that is simple it is not adequate".
Back in London, Southwark hopes to generate more interest in Social Homebuy, an alternative scheme allowing tenants to buy shares in their home.
Why, that would be the possibility of...... 'an alternative scheme drawn up where the roads on the site would provide the possibility for a motor racing track.
If culture secretary Andy Burnham spurns my modest proposal, then I have an alternative scheme, which the actors themselves could adopt without further ado.
Other editors also shared the Guardian's doubts about a Royal Charter, and presented an alternative scheme to arrange recognition through a charitable trust, but ministers dismissed it.
Objectors commissioned an alternative scheme, which showed how more homes could be fitted on to the site with a less insensitive design.
But the architect Gensler, whose London office is nearby, has volunteered an alternative scheme that shows how the site can be profitably developed without a phalanx of towers.
The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, a charity of which Charles is president, has been appointed to help design an alternative scheme at Chelsea Barracks.
The social enterprise and research institute Create Streets has been instrumental in taking the community's ideas and turning them into a financially viable alternative scheme.
But several commentators have suggested an alternative scheme that would put far less taxpayers' money at risk and treat bank shareholders more fairly.
