Social Design Made In Turkey: Feeding Istanbul's Stray Dogs, a Bottle at a Time
Interview Conducted By Vivien Timmler
A bottle goes in and the food comes out: A special Turkish box allows people to nourish stray dogs by donating their recyclable bottles.
The city of Istanbul is home to a special invention that is the manifestation of social design. A special vending machine dispenses food for stray dogs when people insert recyclable bottles and cans.
There's a vending machine in central Istanbul that takes recyclable cans and bottles and in exchange dispenses free food to some of the estimated 150,000 stray dogs living in the city. It may sound a bit out there, but it is precisely the kind of idea being sought as part of Germany's Orange Social Design Award, a new prize created by DER SPIEGEL's monthly cultural supplement, KulturSPIEGEL, and SPIEGEL ONLINE. The following is an interview with Engin Girgin, the inventor of the "dog food recycling box."
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