tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Just took the recycling over the road to the new machine, its pretty cool. It's very recently implemented, they only put the sign on this machine yesterday, but now in Latvia all recyclable drinks containers have a 10c charge at the till. The larger shops (this one is about the size of wilko) have a container sized machine in the car park that deals with them. You put the can/bottle in and the machine takes it, scans the barcode and directs it to the correct container where it is squashed or shredded depending on its material.
You get back a voucher to use at whichever shop you are at, so as I used a maxima machine I got 2.90 to spend there. I'm not sure how the machines themselves are funded but I guess keeping customers captive has benefits to the shop. An interesting side effect is the local alcoholics now walk the streets looking for cans and bottles a bit like wombles.
You get back a voucher to use at whichever shop you are at, so as I used a maxima machine I got 2.90 to spend there. I'm not sure how the machines themselves are funded but I guess keeping customers captive has benefits to the shop. An interesting side effect is the local alcoholics now walk the streets looking for cans and bottles a bit like wombles.