
Istanbul has installed reverse vending machines at metro stations that allow commuters to add credit to their subway cards by depositing aluminium beverage cans and plastic bottle into the machine.
According to news by the Istanbul-based Hurriyet news organization, İTÜ-Ayazağa metro station in Istanbul is the first station to receive a newly launched vending machine. The reverse vending machine is expected to spread to other metro stations in the city soon.
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“With these smart machines, our waste management department and the municipality’s Smart City Technologies Company [İsbak] will contribute to the protection of the environment,” the municipality said on Twitter.
“We are continuing to pioneer in solid waste management,” it added.
Aluminium beverage cans will fetch 7 kuruş for a 0.33 liter can and 9 kuruş for a 0.5 liter can. For plastic bottles, a 0.33 liter bottle will return 2 kuruş (one Turkish Lira is equal to 100 kuruş), a 0.5 liter bottle will return 3 kuruş, a 1 liter bottle will return 6 kuruş and a 1.5 liter bottle will return 9 kuruş.
Since one fare costs 2.60 liras, passengers needs to deposit at least 28 plastic 1.5 liter bottles or 0.5 liter aluminium cans in the reverse vending machine to earn the price for a full fare, reports Hurriyet.
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