Surabaya – Legislator from Surabaya’s Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) from Commission C, William Wirakusuma, asked for the Surabaya city government to increase the number of bottle ATMs to switch plastic bottles for tickets to ride the Suroboyo Bus.
Wirakusuma noted that numerous Suroboyo Bus fleets are currently equipped with reverse vending makers, or bottle ATMs.
” This Bottle ATM is extremely practical and able to lower the staff’s workload. I hope that in future, the federal government would offer such bottle ATMs not simply in buses,” he remarked.
Wirakusuma called to increase the variety of bottle ATMs, especially at strategic areas, such as sub-district offices, universities, and terminals. The presence of this tool can also enhance the Surabaya residents’ waste sorting culture.
The chairman of the PSI Surabaya faction specified that the equipment is fairly priced, in the series of Rp40 million-Rp70 million per unit. For Surabaya, with a local budget of practically Rp10 trillion, this quantity is rather low-priced.
Bottle ATMs provide numerous advantages, not only for the benefit of transportation services but likewise for developing a culture of arranging waste. The waste management spending plan in Surabaya alone reaches numerous billions of rupiah.
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Surabaya has thousands of occupation and engineering trainees, and they ought to be able to make one of this,” he stated.
If Surabaya’s vocational and engineering students are able to produce the device, it will be profoundly handy. The rental system can be built by complying with 3rd parties that lease out waste management services through the procurement and upkeep of bottle ATMs.
” I personally choose that we can produce our own bottle ATMs, so that the quantity and cost can be changed. If we specifically produce it ourselves, then there is a sense of ownership and pride. We should connect social issues with university development by utilizing this bottle ATM as an example,” Wirakusuma remarked.
Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi had earlier released a new fleet, path, and electronic payment system for the Suroboyo Bus at the Surabaya City Hall on August 23.
The mayor inaugurated eight brand-new buses to complement the 20 fleets running earlier. The new fleets will be serving a brand-new path from the Intermoda Joyoboyo Bus Terminal (TIJ) to Mayjend Jono Soewojo.
In addition, the payment system increased with numerous choices, such as exchanging plastic bottle waste or non-cash (electronic) payments via a QRIS scan linked to Gopay, Ovo, and various other non-cash payment applications.
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