"They should put these in all Costcos." Woman shares her earnings after using Costco 'reverse vending machine' first appeared ...

On 13 August, the European Commission registered a European Citizens’ Initiative to implement an EU-wide deposit system to recycle plastic bottles. Headed up by Citizen Service Belgium’s Anouk ...

Olyns’ reverse vending machine promotes advertisers while giving rewards to consumers who recycle beverage containers. The Olyns Cube features a 65-inch screen that displays full-motion videos from ...

Imagine walking into your local Costco with a bag full of plastic bottles and, minutes later, having enough money to get a couple of enormous pizzas from the food court. That's the reality behind a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Tuesday, 7News learned about an attempt to give D.C. residents money when they hand in plastic bottles. 7News went out on a boat on the Anacostia River to look at the ...

For any shopper who's fed one bottle or can after another into the redemption machine at the supermarket for those 10-cent beverage deposit returns, it sounds like a breakthrough: a machine where you ...

When you toss your newspaper, or plastic bottle or aluminum can in a mixed recycling bin, someone, somewhere, has to sort the material out so it can be turned into something new. The sorting is an ...

Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know, though, it’s not without its ...