Dive Brief:
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Coca-Cola recently launched a campaign in Bangladesh to promote recycling and help minimize the overwhelming trash problem that the city of Dhaka currently faces.
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"The Happiness Arcade," a video game installed in six different areas around Dhaka, allows people to play a round only after inserting a coca-cola can, creating an incentive to recycle the material.
- According to Creativity Online, thousands of bottles were collected in the machines, though there is no word on how long it took to reach that amount.
Dive Insight:
The plastic beverage bottles were converted into pellets for recycling, then transformed into entirely new products.