What Happens to Your Bottles and Cans After You Use a Reverse Vending Machine?

What actually happens to your bottle or can once it goes into a reverse vending machine? This guide follows that journey from start to finish. Containers are collected, sorted by material at a recovery facility using infrared sensors and magnetic separators, then cleaned and baled for reprocessing. Plastic bottles are shredded, washed, and turned into food-grade rPET pellets, often back on shelves within six weeks. Aluminium cans are melted down and reformed in as little as 60 days, using 95%…