What is a Reverse Vending Machine (RVM)?

RVM stands for Reverse Vending Machine.

These are the hungry little machines you might find living in service stations, shopping centres and carparks, waiting to crunch all your empty bottles and cans.

Reverse vending machines are used all over the world as a way of reducing litter in public places.

When empty beverage containers are inserted, the machines crush and store the bottles and cans so the materials are ready to be recycled without any contamination.