Dozens of people clutching bags full of plastic bottles and disposable cups queue at a busy bus terminal in the Indonesian city of Surabaya -- where passengers can swap trash for travel tickets. The ...

Plastic is just the ticket if you want to ride the buses of Surabaya. Bus commuters can pay their fare with used plastic bottles in Indonesia's second city. A two-hour bus ticket costs 10 plastic ...

For an hour-long bus ride with myriad stops, a passenger needs to pay either three big plastic bottles, five medium sized bottles or 10 plastic cups. But there is a catch, all these plastic ...

Under the new recycling initiative, a two-hour bus ticket costs up to five plastic bottles or 10 plastic cups, depending on the size. The city hopes this scheme will help it meet its target of ...

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. Under the scheme launched by ...

SURABAYA (Reuters) - 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. Under the ...

Item 1 of 2 Residents jostle beside Suroboyo bus after exchanging plastic bottles for tickets at Purbaya station in Surabaya, Indonesia, October 21, 2018. Picture taken October 21, 2018.

A bus can collect up to 250 kilograms of plastic bottles a day, or roughly 7.5 tonnes in a month, the data shows. After collection, labels and bottle caps are removed from the waste and it is ...