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Pakistan installs first reverse vending machine to turn ‘trash into cash’

ISLAMABAD – Amid the rhetoric of Clean and Green Pakistan, the federal government has unveiled the country’s first reverse vending machines for smart waste management.

Environmentalist and Prime Minister’s aide on Climate Change Malik Amin Saturday inaugurated the first reverse vending machine at the Jinnah Super Market of the federal capital.

The ‘On the Go’ initiative by the incumbent government makes it convenient for the masses to recycle the plastic that poses an immense pollution problem in the South Asian country.

As per the concept, the RVM accepts used plastic containers and returns money/valuables to the users. The sensor-based sorting machine has been launched with the joint venture of PepsiCo while plastic bottles of any brand can be used in the machine.

The bottle-crushing machine offers a voucher of Rs100 against any used plastic container that can be used at any outlet of a global fast-food company. To acquire the coupon, consumers just need to press the start button on a full touch screen. The machine will open up a slot to receive the bottle. Once deposited, it then compresses the bottle so that it is ready for the next steps of recycling.

Smart waste management is the incumbent government’s policy to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Malik Amin Aslam who launched the initiative said ‘All of us will have to work together to truly address the plastic issue. The RVM machine is a way of making that connection with the public and encouraging them to recycle’.

Authorities will first monitor the efficiency and public response of the RVM installed in the federal capital before the countrywide extension. All of us will have to work together to truly address the plastic issue. The RVM machine is a way of making that connection with the public and encouraging them to recycle, Aslam added.

Earlier in January, the American multinational giant joined hands with Green Earth Recycling (GER) and WWF-Pakistan in a bid to collect 4,750 tonnes of plastic waste and focus on recycling it in purposeful ways. The largest plastics collection and recycling project also took place under the PTI’s Clean Green Pakistan programme.

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