Istanbul: recycle your plastic bottles for subway credit

Recycling plastic bottles to pay for subway credit. This is now possible in Istanbul, Turkey.

Transcript

00:00This project is very good because it is important to recycle and pay attention to the environment.

00:16I think I often have water bottles and I don't know where to put them, I throw them away.

00:21Instead I can use them for my card and then pay for my commutes.

00:30I mean, of course, there are sensitive people, they can use them, but there are also those who throw them on the street,

00:49but I think those sensitive people contribute a little to them.

01:00The goal for 2023 is to increase it by 35 percent.

01:0835 percent seems like a little, but we think it will be a good process in 5 years.

01:14These will get better over time.