Recycle for Cash Prizes in Australia | Envirobank

Written by MeGo

Tuesday, 05 May 2009 17:17

If you’re located in the States that instates bottle and can redemption programs then you’ve probably seen recycling machines that ingest your glass of tea, OJ, or if you’re like us, your truckloads of beer bottles and cans, and prize you with money in return. People, with a daily inclusion of dumpster diving, can pretty much live off of this...

Australia has mimicked the idea but added an even higher techie / marketing approach. The Envirobank accepts cans and bottles, scanning the bar codes to identify if the material being fed can be recycled (which after bring-ups a product related commercial on its screen). Accepted items are crushed and kept, and in return the recycler receives a coupon or credit of some kind for their kind-hearted greenness. Plus another added feature is that the machine has a yellow button for troubled kids to speak to someone. Not sure if any distressed kid would want to speak to a metal and glass, propaganding munching machine…

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