Norway firm latest to roll out rewards-for-cans machines
The Straits Times|April 01, 2022
These ‘smart’ reversible vending machines are able to sort bottles and cans to make recycling easier
Shabana Begum
Norway firm latest to roll out rewards-for-cans machines

Residents here may soon have more opportunities to recycle their used drink bottles and cans in exchange for vouchers and refunds, as a Norwegian company looks at deploying reverse vending machines in Singapore.

The company, Tomra, developed the world’s first fully automated reverse vending machine for recycling beverage containers in 1972 – and is now the world’s leading provider of such solutions.

In efforts to raise the recycling rate of drink bottles and cans in Singapore, since 2019, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and F&N Foods have rolled out 50 of their own reverse vending machines, which dispense shopping rewards and ActiveSG credits, among other incentives.

The addition of Tomra’s machines would add to Singapore’s recycling initiatives.

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