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PLPAP (via Portal Samorządowy)Poland plans deposit on small glass spirits bottles up to 350 mlPTJornal EconómicoPortugal: Cascais gets the country's eighth deposit return kioskGRVoria.grGreece: decision on the deposit return business plan due on MondayGBVending TimesUK: first list of certified reverse vending machines for the deposit return scheme publishedDENOSGermany: supermarket employee accused of cashing €230,000 with fake deposit vouchersNL1AlmereNetherlands: Almere to get a new bulk deposit return machineNLGemeente De Ronde Venen (via Drimble)Netherlands: De Ronde Venen places deposit bottle and can bins at ten locationsATeXXpressAustria: deposit return target rises to 90 per cent from 2027PLINNPolandPoland: producers outside the deposit system face a fivefold fee from 2027NLDe Arnhemse KoerierNetherlands: Arnhem party calls for a new bulk deposit return machine in the south of the cityPLForsal.plPoland: petition to parliament seeks a 10 per cent bonus on returned depositsROBalkan Green Energy News (Agerpres)Romania: 12.5 billion deposit containers collected in three yearsGBWrexham.comWales: Reform politician calls for the deposit return scheme to be pausedFICity.fiFinland: deposits from found bottles and cans may become tax-freeROClub Antreprenor (RetuRO)Romania: 4.1 billion deposit containers returned in nine months, 97% in SeptemberPLRzeczpospolitaPoland: at least 1.5 billion złoty in deposits unclaimed, and operators unsure how they may use itGBYouGovUK: six in ten supermarket shoppers have never heard of the deposit return schemeGRMy-OTA.grGreece: municipalities question funding share for the new deposit return systemNLOmroep BrabantNetherlands: 's-Hertogenbosch gets North Brabant's third deposit return shop, Eindhoven may followGBBetter RetailingUK: list of approved reverse vending machines delayed again
The world’s smallest mobile, outdoor-ready reverse vending machine that also compacts

Reverse vending that fits anywhere.

Bottles and cans in, your deposit straight into your bank account with a tap of your bank card — right where people already are. So easy that returning simply becomes a habit.

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The NOMAD on wheels at the entrance of a supermarket
±1000 containers per day / 1 battery charge compacted on the spot, on just 0.4 m²
8/min
containers per minute
0,4 m²
of floor space
24 hrs
on one charge
1
RVM engine (patent pending), 4 storage options
The NOMAD in green on wheels, outdoors at a petrol station
Live in the Netherlands
Meet the machine

One small machine. The whole return chain.

Pop it in recognises every bottle and can, compacts it and pays out the deposit straight to your bank card. No bulky built-in machine, no renovation — place it and switch it on.

  • Recognises everything that goes in360° scanning reads every barcode, whichever way the container goes in.
  • Compacts immediatelySo hundreds of containers fit in the storage bin, and it needs emptying and collecting far less often.
  • Pays and rewards instantlyDeposit refunded by card, straight into your account* (*some banks the next day)
"I pop it in on my way inside. By the time I've grabbed a trolley, the deposit is already on my phone."
Ellen, Haarlem
"Wow, this is easy. Car cleared out, my deposit back within a minute, and a coffee voucher on top."
Erik, Ede
"For our small supermarket this saves a good two man-hours a day of taking things in by hand — plus a lot of admin and pre-financing deposits."
Liesbeth, Eindhoven
The green idea

Every bottle that comes back is one that isn't lost.

Deposit return only works when returning is easy. Bringing the machine to the people returns more PET and cans to the loop, clean and sorted, ready for reuse.

500+
cans in one box

Compacted, so less handling and fewer collection trips.

PET + blik
every format

From a 10 cl PET bottle to a 3-litre mega bottle, and every can. No problem!

17→27
EU countries adopting DRS

Pop it in can be deployed anywhere in the EU.

Retailers

A recycling point that earns its floor space.

Customers who return their deposits at your store tend to shop there too.

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DRS-operators

National-scale rollout without national-scale headaches.

Live telemetry, fraud checks at the point of return and settlement-ready data.

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