Eastgate Shopping Centre have taken delivery of a Brand New reVend 370 Reverse Vending Recycling Machine.

The Eastgate Shopping Centre – Basildon – Essex, have installed a brand new “reVend 370 Reverse Vending Recycling Machine

Catering staff now simply put bottles and cans into the reVend 370 Reverse Vending Recycling machine which automatically separates materials into containers. More>>

The collected material is then baled and sent to be recycled. The material is guaranteed not to go to expensive and “environmentally unfriendly” landfill sites.More>>

Sue Marsh , Eastgate’s Food Terrace Manager with her staff had to manually collect up to 1000 PET bottles and cans every day, including weekends, then sort, bag and store the used beverage containers outside awaiting collection.

Already cited as "Best Practice" in a UK Shopping Centre ,

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Reverse Vending Corporation has joined forces with Stagecoach and Aberdeenshire Council to offer discounted bus travel to encourage recycling of drinks cans and plastic bottles. More >>

A reverse vending machine, the first in Scotland, has been installed at Ellon Park and Ride facility that gives users a point for every item they recycle at the facility.More >>

The user can then receive a 20p bus travel voucher, in exchange for 50 points, or a 50p voucher for 100 points. More >>

Stagecoach chief executive Brian Souter said the project would "help local people turn their waste into cheaper bus travel, saving landfill and helping consumers cut their carbon footprint".

The reVend FR 600 machine can hold more than 2,000 items and uses barcode technology to identify and sort the can or bottle, and prints a ticket showing the number of points earned.

Ellon Park and Ride is used by some 123,500 people a year, and the material will be collected by Ellon Can-do, which already collects plastic bottles from local recycling points in the area.More >>

Keen recyclers are being rewarded with cheaper bus travel in an initiative that aims to cut landfill and encourage more people to use public transport. More >>

Stagecoach has teamed up with Aberdeenshire Council and the Reverse Vending Corporation to launch Scotland's first reverse vending recycling initiative.Commuters who deposit used drinks cans and plastic bottles in a hi-tech reverse vending recycling machine at a major park and ride near Aberdeen will get Stagecoach "green points" for every item they recycle.

Once they clock up 50 green points, they will be entitled to a 20p bus travel voucher, while 100 points will earn them a 50p discount.More than 120,000 people use the park and ride every year, which council chiefs say already saves thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions.

Councillor John Loveday, who represents the area where the park and ride is, said: "This initiative is a great incentive for Ellon Park and Ride users. More >>

"Not only are they helping reduce carbon emissions by using public transport, they will now also be able to boost their green efforts by recycling on site."

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Cheaper bus travel is on offer to users of Scotland’s first reverse vendingrecycling scheme, launched by bus company Stagecoach and Aberdeenshire Council.More >>

Commuters can collect a Stagecoach green point for every drinks cans or plastic bottle they recycle using the machine. These points can be redeemed for discounted bus travel and other offers. A total of 50 green points entitles the holder to a 20p bus travel voucher, while 100 points equals a 50p discount voucher. Stagecoach operates around 200 buses across Aberdeenshire. More >>

The reverse vending recycling machine has been introduced at the Ellon Park and Ride facility, which is used by 123,500 people every year.More >>

Stagecoach group chief executive Brian Souter said: "Climate change is a major issue for our customers and we are delighted to work with Aberdeenshire Council and the Reverse Vending Corporation[which makes the machines] on an innovative project that is a first for Scotland.More >>

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Stagecoach and Aberdeenshire Council have launched Scotland's first reverse vending recycling initiative, offering discounted bus travel in return for used plastic bottles and drinks cans.
A reverse vending recycling machine has been introduced at Ellon Park and Ride facility, which is used by 123,500 people every year, allowing commuters to recycle their waste in return for travel vouchers. More>>