On Sun, 2015-01-11 at 11:50 +0000, SomeoneElse wrote: > On 11/01/2015 11:25, makko wrote: > > ... However, I do not know how widespread the term "reverse vending > > machine" is. ... > > In the UK, it isn't common - at least, I'd not heard of it before this > thread. > > Interestingly, one of the links from the WP page is to a UK company that > claims to have a trademark on the term. > Tesco did operate recycling machines in the UK which gave loyalty points, that can be spent in the store when recycling. By the time I discovered it they were only doing this for aluminium cans.
An article here has a photo, 2nd in the scroll through of one. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3140821/Couple-scavenge-for-recycling-rubbish-to-pay-for-honeymoon-with-air-miles.html They have certainly disappeared at the local stores and been replaced by more traditional recycling banks. I assume this is the case nationally. Phil (trigpoint) > Cheers, > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
