Slow recycler Turkey seeks better uses for its trash
1,495 views · Published 9 December 2018 · 0:52 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics
A pilot project in Istanbul is allowing metro users to pay for credit on travel cards by slotting plastic bottles instead of money into vending machines, a relatively rare step to improve recycling and waste management in a country of over 80 million people.
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