Reverse Vending Corporations reVend Reverse Vending Machine wins Scottish Green Award

Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Brian Souter said: "These awards further demonstrate our commitment to tackling the challenge of climate change by encouraging greater use of public transport as well as reducing our own carbon footprint as a company, and we’re delighted that our efforts have been recognised.

"We hope that, by promoting our message of greener, smarter travel through low-carbon, good value and reliable public transport, we can encourage our customers and staff to think about ways in which they can live greener lives."

Stagecoach Reverse Vending scheme in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, which allows passengers to recycle drinks cans and bottles, using a high-tech reverse vending machine, in return for discounted bus travel.

Earlier this year, Stagecoach held its first ever Group-wide Green Week to highlight the environmental benefits of using public transport and to show staff and passengers how the company is reducing its own carbon footprint.

The 2009 Scottish Green Awards, created by Scottish Business Insider in partnership with ScottishPower, recognised organisations that encourage sustainability and tackle climate change. A total of 12 awards were handed out at the ceremony which took place at the Glasgow Science Centre. The judging panel was headed by Dr Richard Dixon, Director, WWF Scotland and also included Martin Baxter, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment; Brendan Dick, BT Scotland; Andrew Green, BPI Recycled Products; Mark Henderson, Ecoliving; Calum MacDonald, Scottish Environment Protection Agency; Louise Macdonald, RSA; and Richard Moir, Cisco Systems Ltd.

On Thursday 17th September 2009, Blackpool and The Fylde College received an Award for installing Lancashire’s first Reverse Vending Recycling Machine.

Blackpool and The Fylde College has installed Lancashire’s first Reverse Vending Recycling Machine at its new University Centre in a bid to encourage students and staff to recycle more of their used bottles and cans.

The innovative machine will automatically collect, compact and store used beverage containers and then issue a ‘Deposit Reward’ voucher with a face value of 5 pence for each unit recycled. The vouchers can be redeemed in the new Grads Café Canteen in the Central Hub.

The machine also has the capacity to compile statistics of the different types of used beverage containers collected which can then be recorded on the College website to show the success of reverse vend recycling.

This is the latest ‘Green’ initiative to come out of the College’s new University Centre – the new Central Hub building earlier this year became the first building in Blackpool to be awarded pre-construction BREEAM Excellence, praising it’s sustainable design and environmental performance.

Since completion, the Building Research Establishment has officially awarded the build with a post-construction ‘Excellent’ accreditation at a score of 74.18%, well over the 70% required and one of only a small number to achieve such a high rating post-construction nationally.

Commenting, Ruth Paisley, Vice Principal of Resources and Planning said: “We’re really pleased to be leading the way environmentally with innovative new ideas and a commitment to reducing our impact on the environment.

“We were one of few projects committed to achieving a post-construction BREEAM ‘Excellent’ merit, meaning we have stuck to our plans and not compromised on environmental impact in order to cut costs.

“I’m sure the ReVend machine will also give students and staff even more of an incentive to recycle their waste.”

City of Bristol College are the “First in Bristol to Install a reVend Reverse Vending Recycling machine”.

On Thursday 6th August 2009, the City of Bristol College took delivery of a FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling Machine.

City of Bristol College is one of the UK’s largest colleges in the region and a leading education provider offering a wide range of further and higher education courses.

The recycling machine automatically accepts, collects and statistically records Used Beverage Containers – PET bottles and cans - ready for the national recycling chain.

The FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling machine automatically issues an “incentive reward voucher” for each used plastic bottle or used beverage can received.

Blackpool and The Fylde College are the “First in Lancashire to Install a reVend Reverse Vending Recycling machine”.

On Friday 31st July 2009, the Blackpool and The Fylde College took delivery of a FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling Machine.

Blackpool and The Fylde College is one of the largest colleges in the country.The Reverse Vending Machine was installed in the brand new Palatine Building in Palatine Road, Blackpool.

Pamela Reynolds, Sustainability Officer at Blackpool and The Fylde College said “This is the “First reVend Reverse Vending Recycling Machine to be installed in Lancashire “.

We are very excited and looking forward to the new term with our students, staff and visitors using our new recycling machine.

The reVend Reverse Vending Recycling machine will automatically collect, compact and store used beverage containers then automatically issue a “Deposit Reward” voucher with a ‘face value’ of 5 pence for each used beverage container recycled. The “Deposit Reward” voucher will be redeemed in the College Canteen.

The recycling machine will automatically compile statistics of the different types of used beverage containers collected which can then be recorded on the College website to show the success of reverse vending recycling.

Aberdeenshire Council take delivery of a reVend FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling machine.

At the end of July 2009, Aberdeenshire Council took delivery of a reVend FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling machine at their offices in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
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Following the successful installation at Ellon Park and Ride, Pam Walker, Aberdeenshire Council Waste Management Officer placed an order for the FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling machine providing further evidence of Scotland and the Council’s commitment to reverse vending recycling to help the environment.

The recycling machine automatically accepts, collects and statistically records Used Beverage Containers – PET bottles and cans - ready for the national recycling chain.

The FR600 Reverse Vending Recycling machine automatically issues an “incentive reward voucher” for each used plastic bottle or used beverage can received.

A real WIN – WIN situation for the environment & Scotland

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The Sound Environmental Impact Award is a scheme that ranks student unions by their environmental achievements, encouraging the sharing of best practice and innovation.Reading University Students' Union won the Silver Standard award for initiatives such as replacing all the lighting in its night club with energy efficient lighting and the purchase of a Reverse vending machine.

This 'green machine' encourages students to recycle by giving them money off vouchers when they recycle bottles and cans using the machine.

President of Reading University Students' Union Rhiannon Horsley said: It's fantastic that we've been recognized for all the hard work we do to promote responsible drinking as we put a lot of energy into creating a safe, comfortable drinking environment".

The Sound Environmental Impact scheme has helped us to continually improve our environmental performance, learn from other best practice and develop our own initiatives.

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Reverse Vending Corporation announces the launch of a range of innovative new recycling machines for the UK and international markets

Demonstrations of this exciting new innovative recycling technology can be seen by visiting us on -

Stand D 50 at the Futuresource, Europe's Sustainability Event, at the ExCeL centre, London between 9 - 11 June 2009 

Working in association with several “blue chip” companies, Reverse Vending Corporation has now launched innovative new machines for Coffee and Water Vending Cups; Food Waste and Glass Bottles

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Keen recyclers will be rewarded with cheaper bus travel in an initiative that is aimed at cutting landfill and encouraging more people to use public transport.

Commuters who take the time to deposit used drink cans and used plastic bottles in a hi-tech reverse vending recycling machine willl get "green points" for every item they recycle.

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