How to encourage the public to recycle waste more actively is a problem in many cities. Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya, has come up with a good way to get residents to exchange free plastic bus tickets for free bus tickets.
As long as ten plastic cups or up to five plastic bottles, the residents of Surabaya can exchange a bus ticket for two hours.
The resident said that taking plastic bottles not only reduces the amount of garbage in the house, but also makes the best use of it. It can be said to be a win-win situation.
Residents can choose to send the bottle to the bus terminal to change the ticket, or take the bus directly to the bus for free. The data shows that 15% of the daily garbage in the drowning, that is, about 400 metric tons are plastic garbage.
A bus can collect up to 250 kilograms of plastic bottles a day, collecting about 7.5 metric tons a month. After recycling the plastic bottles, the authorities removed the caps and trademarks and auctioned the bottles to the recycling company. The money is used to operate buses and finance the city's green space.
The head of the Surabaya Department of Transportation said that Indonesia is one of the world's largest manufacturers of plastic waste. I hope this plan will raise public awareness of environmental protection and help Lishui achieve the vision of no plastic waste in 2020.