Mobile DOA, a handheld device developed to expand the reach of Türkiye's Deposit Return System (DOA), has begun operating at markets, grocery stores and kiosks across Istanbul, enabling small businesses to collect refundable beverage containers.
Launched by the Turkish Environment Agency (TÜÇA) under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the initiative aims to make deposit returns more accessible for residents while encouraging neighborhood businesses to join the recycling network.
Through the new system, markets, grocery stores and kiosks without automated deposit return machines can participate as Manual Return Points using the Mobile DOA terminal.
As part of the pilot program in Istanbul, shopkeepers in the Ümraniye district began receiving the device free of charge after registering with the Deposit Information Management System.
Shopkeeper Ercan Inci, who demonstrated the device to journalists at his market, said it operates much like a standard retail scanner.
