Managing plastic waste is an important point of concern these days. The aim of this paper is to present the concept of reverse vending machine which is proposed to serve as a solution to the problem of pollution caused due to plastic items especially plastic bottles, which are commonly used for storing cold drink, fruit juices etc. The concept of reverse vending machine is an approach towards green engineering technology. The reverse vending machine is an integration of sensorics, LabVIEW programming along with data acquisition and pneumatics technology. This machine is a low-cost automatic machine, which crushes the plastic bottle to a reduced size, thereby, requiring less storage space for final disposal. The crushed plastic bottle consumes less energy, when it undergoes recycling process. The present article also focuses on the concept of cash-from-trash, where recycled plastic can be used to produce useful products and help in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.

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废塑料反向售货机

如今，管理塑料废料是一个重要的关注点。本文的目的是提出一种反向自动售货机的概念，旨在解决由于塑料物品（尤其是塑料瓶）引起的污染问题，这些塑料物品通常用于存储冷饮，果汁等。反向自动售货机的概念是采用绿色工程技术的一种方法。反向售货机是传感器技术，LabVIEW编程以及数据采集和气动技术的集成。该机器是低成本的自动机器，其将塑料瓶压碎成减小的尺寸，从而需要较少的存储空间以进行最终处理。破碎的塑料瓶在进行回收过程中消耗的能量更少。