Beijing's vast army of plastic-bottle scavengers will get an automated rival later this month, when the city introduces its first reverse vending machines that pay subway credits in exchange for returned containers, the Guardian reported.

More than 100 recycle-to-ride devices will be installed. Donors will receive between 5 fen and 1 mao on their commuter passes for each polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle they insert into the machine.

"It will be as easy to use as an ATM," said an employee of the operating company, Incom. "We hope to put one at every station on the route [subway line 10] and later expand to other lines, bus stops and residential areas."

(China.org.cn July 5, 2012)

據《衛報》報道，本月，北京的大批塑料瓶回收小販將迎來一個自動化的競爭對手。首批引進的空瓶回收機將可以用回收的瓶子抵換交通卡儲值。

北京將安裝100多臺這種設備。用戶每往機器中投入一個塑料空瓶，就可以在自己的交通卡上收入5分或1毛。

“它操作起來很簡單，像自動取款機一樣，”盈創再生資源回收公司員工表示。“我們希望在地鐵10號線的每一站都裝一臺，今后將它推廣到其它地鐵線路、公交車站和居民小區。”