To celebrate Nature Day, celebrated last Sunday (4), the Secretariat for Metropolitan Transport (STM) installed a 'Retorna Machine' in three train and subway stations in São Paulo, a reverse vending machine for disposing of recyclable packaging. When depositing, the user receives in exchange credits for use in public transport. In addition, each package deposited will also have its value reverted to Casa do Zezinho, a shelter institution for children and adolescents in the south zone of São Paulo.
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The action is carried out in partnership with Triciclo, a company that creates and operates solutions for sustainable development, and aims to collect post-consumption beverage packaging of up to 2.5 liters and steel food cans. Objects such as steel, long life, aluminum, plastic will be accepted, but no dairy product packaging. The bar code needs to be readable for the machine to register the container and deposited items add up to credits ranging from 10 to 15 points, depending on the material.
Each 100 accumulated points are equivalent to R$ 0.35, which will be credited to the passenger's account linked to the Triciclo system. They can be exchanged for credits in the Bilhete Único or BOM. The maximum score limit is ten packs per day. From the 11th residue on the day, the points are automatically donated to the Institutions. The 10 passengers who recycle the most at each of the stations will be rewarded with extra credit equivalent to three tickets, that is, 3,780 Triciclo points.
Passengers can exchange packages for credits. Action is common in several cities around the world. Credits: Tricycle/Reproduction
In addition to helping to protect the environment, Casa do Zezinho, a shelter for children and adolescents, will also benefit. “With this action, we joined forces to make everyone aware of the importance of preserving the environment and we managed to help institutions that do very important social work”, said the interim secretary of Metropolitan Transport, Paulo Galli.
The action takes place between the 1st and 7th of October. The machines are at República Station (boarding platform for Line 4-Yellow towards São Paulo-Morumbi), Brás Station (CPTM free area) and Jabaquara Station (at EMTU Metropolitan Terminal). Promoters are on site to help people use the machine and avoid crowds.
Source: Digital Look - 10/07/2020
