Hero
Reverse Vending Machine
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HERO is a Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) that offers a new approach to collect plastic bottles which would be sent to get recycled ultimately.
A reverse vending machine is a device that accepts used (empty) beverage containers and returns money to the user (the reverse of the typical vending cycle).
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Environmental
HERO is being designed in order to address more than one need of the people. The direct and indirect effects of the product are expected to be observed as soon as it starts functioning in the market.
Eventually, the accumulated results will make an important change both for the people by changing their habits and the environment which is essential for mankind to exist.
Easy to Use
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HERO is easy to use. The recycler places the empty bottle/can into the receiving aperture; the horizontal in-feed system allows the user to insert containers one at a time.
The bottle/can is then automatically rotated; the bottle/can is then scanned by an Omnidirectional UPC Scanner, which scans the beverage container's UPC.
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Prize System
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Once a container is scanned, identified (matched to database) and determined to be a participating container, it is processed.
After it is processed, the user is rewarded with a discount coupon or a subway ticket .
Power Efficient
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Power efficiency is an important factor for us since we are supporting green environment.
Advanced technological components provides power efficieny for the long term working hours of HERO.
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