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Trading plastic trash for a bus ticket in Indonesia

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October 25, 2018

Indonesia's second-largest city, Surabaya, is motivating its residents to recycle by offering a two-hour bus ticket for five plastic bottles. Plastic waste is a major environmental problem in Indonesia and one city bus can collect an estimated 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of plastic waste daily.

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