Edinburgh Zoo has launched a new reverse vending machine to encourage visitors to recycle plastic bottles. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to ...

A trial to boost plastic bottle recycling in public places is underway with the installation of “reverse vending machines” at shopping centres in Milton Keynes and Peterborough. Carol Wakelin, ...

Taking the UK’s fight against plastic pollution a step further, Iceland has become the first supermarket to install a reverse vending machine in store, allowing shoppers to return their used plastic ...

Reverse vending machines which pay people for returning empty plastic bottles will soon become a common feature in shops and supermarkets as the government searches for new ways to encourage recycling ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Recycling initiative Precious Plastic's open-source machines are being used to recycle plastic and turn it into face shields, respirator masks and hands-free door handles to fight coronavirus.

Frozen food retailer Iceland has said a new vending machine in one of its Belfast stores, which rewards customers for recycling plastic bottles, is a first for Northern Ireland. The supermarket chain ...

Deposit scheme is now being trialled at one store in bid to tackle plastic waste problems SHOPPERS at one Iceland store are the first in the country to get cashback from their plastic bottles. Bosses ...

Shoppers have earned the equivalent of more than £30,000 by recycling plastic bottles in the first supermarket trial using reverse vending machines to cut down on littering. The scheme, introduced by ...

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