October 6, 2006

Reverse Vending Machines

Just off the wire from the people at Springwise:

 Reverse vending machines (RVMs) are as the name suggests, vending machines that allow consumers to deposit used beverage containers. Instead of spewing out junk food, the machines invite customers to insert their trash for recycling. Once a customer deposits a used container, the machine sorts it and crushes, compresses or shreds, reading a container's barcode to determine the type of material. Capacity varies per model, but stand alone machines hold 1000 cans and/or PET bottles before needing to be emptied. The machines run on about 40 watts of electricity per day.

Sounds like a really good idea, as recycling can be a hassle—I still have an empty drink bottle sitting on the floor of my office, to take home and put in our recycle crate... and it's been there for 3 weeks now, lol.

Posted by Matt at October 6, 2006 12:19 PM

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