via Ono Kesslering > . A Turkish company has come up with an ingenious way of getting people to recycle AND feed stray animals at the same time. Meet Pugedon - the vending machine where you put the drinks bottles in, and out comes a portion of food for Istanbuls stray dogs and cats to gobble up. The profit made from the recycled bottles covers the cost of the pet food, so the machine works economically, while it is also super eco-friendly, as it runs off solar power. Istanbul has a high number of stray cats and dogs, many of which can go for days without food. It is estimated that there are around 150,000 dogs alone without owners in the city. The station has two insertion holes, one for plastic bottles, metal soda cans and carton containers and one for the water which the plastic bottles may contain. When a plastic bottle or can is dropped into the hole the unit releases some food to the feeding container below, while the water that is poured down the separate hole goes directly to a container below for the animals to drink. Engin Girgin, inventor of the machine, said: My primary goal was to make people see that they dont have to spend any money to help stray dogs. And I also wanted to show that people can do good deeds with things they would normally throw away. At the same time, of course, I know that we dont give much priority to recycling here in Turkey. In my opinion, this has to change. The projects success has been noted all round the world. Mr Girgin says that 61 countries have expressed interest in having vending machines of their own, and they are being shipped out to 20 cities outside of Turkey in the near future.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:15:30 +0000
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