Beverage bottle recycling machine "rejection" highlights the quality of the public

Recently, 10 "Pay Bottle Retrieval Machines" appeared in some subway stations and large shopping malls in Haidian District. With the concept of environmental protection and higher recycling prices than the market, these machines have attracted the curiosity and use of many citizens.

However, the reporter found that some of the recycling machines in the operation of the past six months, rejected bottles of waste actually higher than the recovery of beverage bottles. "Isn't this a lie?" A pedestrian said something after failing to make multiple deliveries. In addition, because of the unfamiliarity with the machine performance, the beverage bottle recycling machine also encounters many defects in its use and promotion.

Yesterday afternoon, in front of a supermarket on the northwest of Haidian Huangzhuang subway station, Mr. Wang said in front of a machine, “Is this not a lie?” and then turned away.

The machine that Mr. Wang said is the "recovery machine for drink bottles." According to Mr. Wang, he tried to put drinks bottles on the machine several times, but he was always rejected and he did not know what the reason was. What he puts is the common mineral water bottle.

The reporter saw the “recovery machine for drink bottles” about 2 meters high and 1.3 meters wide. In the upper right of the recycling machine there is a beverage bottle delivery opening with a diameter of about 12 cm. About 30 cm below the delivery opening is a slightly larger green electronic display screen than an ordinary lighter, used to display the operating status of the recycling machine, and to record in real time the number of beverage bottles recovered by the recycling machine and rejected.

The reporter noticed that there were 2,515 records for the bottles recovered on this machine, while 2589 were returned, and the number of “returns” was significantly more than the number of “recovery”. The reporter later found the same situation on the two machines at the west gate of Zhongguancun Square and the third book of the Third Book. Among them, the recycling machine at the west gate of Zhongguancun Square collected 865:916 bottles, and the ratio of recycled bottles and bottles returned by the third Pole Book Recycling Machine was 3608:3849. Without exception, the bottle recycling machines in the three places visited by the reporter rejected more bottles than were recycled.

In the end, what caused the "rejection" to be higher than "recycling"? It is understood that the recycling machine is able to identify 500-ml drink bottles and 300-ml aluminum cans that are commonly seen by the public. Each can accommodate about 800 bottles, but it cannot identify small-sized cans such as Wang Lao Ji. , iron cans and large plastic bottles.

Yesterday, reporters used a bottle that met this requirement. At the Huangzhuang Station in Haidian District on the Metro Line 10, reporters successively used "Wahaha" mineral water, "Fanta", "Master Kong Green Tea" and "Nongfu Spring" mineral water bottles, but none of the bottles was recycled. In order to ensure that there were no mistakes in the delivery process, the reporters devoted a total of 20 times without success. Afterwards, the reporter also placed 20 times on the machines at the West Gate of the Zhongguancun Shopping Plaza and the Third Pole Bookstore. Only the Zhongguancun shopping mall’s machines were successfully implemented three times.

â– Clues offer / Mr. Chang

the reason

Two major reasons cause the machine to "reject"

As for why beverage bottle recycling machines repeatedly refused to accept beverage bottles, the reporter interviewed the launching units and research and development units of the machines and found that there were two main reasons: First, the bar codes of beverage bottles were damaged, which led to the machine not recognizing; second, the use of the public. Improper operation of the machine.

â–  The key to success is barcode

One of the units of the bottle recycling machine, Haidian District Material Recycling Center, said that, in theory, the recycling machine should be able to identify all common beverage bottles. “From a manufacturer’s point of view, we require manufacturers. As much as possible, enter the barcode of the beverage bottle, whether or not it can be identified regardless of the shape of the bottle. The key is the barcode."

This staff member introduced that in order to prevent citizens from placing products such as food packaging bags and other products with barcodes on the recycling machine, the recycling machine should scan the bottles one by one before the collection to check the barcodes on the plastic labels on the bottles. If these bar codes are damaged, the machine will reject it. At the same time, the remaining water in the bottle must not exceed one-fifth, otherwise, "in the process of scanning the code, the two rollers did not move the bottles and the scan failed, and they were rejected."

For the problems encountered in the machine rejection more than recycling, related personnel said they also noticed this phenomenon. At present, these machines have not been used for a long time, and they will be solved step by step during each commissioning and maintenance.

â–  Inappropriate stuff is not properly used by pedestrians

The salesperson of the convenience store opposite the recovery machine of the Huangzhuang subway station said that on average, more than ten people gather around the bottle recycling machine every ten minutes. However, the reporter noted that pedestrians always encounter various problems when trying out the machines.

A man puts a waste paper cup into the delivery slot. After the machine swallows it, it detects it and it ejects the waste paper cup. "I don't really understand this machine. I just want to see what he can do in addition to the plastic bottle," said the man. In addition, the use of pedestrians "cramped" even caused the machine to malfunction. A man did not wait for 5 cents to come out, and then put a bottle into the delivery port. At this time, the machine displayed a "faulty, unusable" message on the display.

At the prompt of the staff of the open source technology and trade company of the research and development unit of the machine, the reporter pulled out five plastic bottles from the opening. According to the staff, it was due to the sudden “swallowing” of five bottles that the machine “supported” to work.

According to him, they generally operate the recycling machine remotely through a wireless network. When the remote operation is not enough to solve the problem, they will carry out maintenance on their own.

According to him, the main cause of machine malfunctions is the large amount of use and the misuse of some citizens. At present, the recycling machines are still in the pilot period. They will study the remedial measures in the next step, such as adding baffles, using more prominent fonts, etc. to prompt the public to follow the regulations.

Worry

Pricing higher than market

Is it earned "spread"?

The reporter noted that the "beverage bottle recycling machine" recovers the price of each waste bottle at 5 cents, but the current market price for recycling is generally one or three cents.

In response, the relevant staff of the Haidian District Materials Recycling Center said that at first they even set the recycling price of the bottles to 1 cent each. Later, as the prices of waste recycling in the market fell, they adjusted the prices to the current prices. Five cents.

Some members of the public are concerned that hawkers collecting waste products will use recycling machines to earn the difference. In response, the staff member stated that the current use of recycling machines is mainly for passers-by. However, if anyone uses it to make a difference, they have no alternative.

According to the staff member, at present, the promotion of the paid bottle recycling machine does not bring economic benefits. For the competent authority, the recycling machine actually adds a recycling channel. Higher prices may attract more People use it to help enhance people's environmental awareness.

The staff member said that although the equipment has not brought huge economic benefits since it was put into use in Haidian District, it has won the recognition of many citizens.

Based on current usage and prospects, Haidian District Materials Recycling Center is planning to launch another 50 units, all with Haidian District as a pilot. However, these 50 recycling machines will still be placed in shopping malls, cinemas and other public places. “If you are in the community, there may be times when the machine has a problem or the response is slow. The residents are irritated and the machine cannot stand.”

News memory

In November 2008, Haidian District Material Recycling Company and Beijing Open Source Technology and Trade Corporation set up 10 “beverage cans and bottles for paid recycling machines” in some public places in Haidian District, and can collect more than 100 beverage bottles each day. The numbers are still growing.

Starting from June of this year, these waste plastic bottles of paid recycling machines are expected to be set up in Beijing in some government buildings, schools, shopping malls and sports fields.

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