Pay for goods and services with plastic waste

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   Troy Nightingale on March 6, 2023 at 10:22 am

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   Idea: Pay for goods and services with plastic waste

   Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indones...

   The plastic fare concept is spreading quickly; Indonesia has introduced a similar idea, but for bus fare.
   https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-environment-plastics-bus-idINKCN1MX1OD

   Plastic to ride: Indonesians swap bottles for bus tickets

   Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/

   Indonesia’s second-largest city has come up with a novel way to encourage its residents to recycle waste: giving free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles.

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   8-BIT BOBBY on March 6, 2023 at 8:43 am

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   Idea: Pay for goods and services with plastic waste

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/au...

   In China, you can pay for your subway fare with plastic bottles!

   No cash for the train fare? Beijing takes plastic ... bottles

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/citi

   City links: This week’s best city stories explore a surprising transit initiative in China, successful green activism in Beirut – and reveal the city that tweets more than any other

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   green fingers on March 6, 2023 at 7:18 am

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   Idea: Pay for goods and services with plastic waste

   Link: https://www.brightvibes.com/the-plastic-ba...

   I love this idea of plastic banks – offering people cash for their plastic waste.
   https://www.brightvibes.com/the-plastic-bank-how-turning-plastic-trash-into-cash-could-save-our-oceans/

   The plastic bank: How turning plastic trash into cash could save our oceans

   Link: https://www.brightvibes.com/the-

   Cash for trash — Could Plastic Banks solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time?

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