Cool Recycling Machine in Norway

#thenealshomestead #recycling #recycle machine #norway
In order to encourage recycling and reduce waste and litter, Norway has implemented a deposit on most bottles and cans. To facilitate the return they have automated stations that you can return the bottles to for a return of the deposit. We check one of these out for the first time and manage to stumble our way through and accomplish the process. It was a pretty nifty gadget.

[@EccentricNature]

We have some friends who we've visited a few times there and they took us along on their recycling run. I had fun running the machine myself. 🌱😊🌱

[@franksimmons1407]

That's great, we need to implement more of that to discourage waste and littering here in the US. Thanks for the video !

[@OriginalPuro]

Yes, you do.

[@JasperwithaJ]

We have had this in the US for years, it's usually at your local grocery store

[@franksimmons1407]

@@JasperwithaJ It depends on the demographics and the area, some people have never seen this, and there are other places where it's available but people just simply do not participate. It needs to be mandated further.

[@JasperwithaJ]

@@franksimmons1407 it's true, but stores in my area are required to have at least 3 machines for Plastic cans and glass.

[@TruckFan542]

I usually don’t do the actual running the machine bit, but i do pick cans and bottles off the floor. Makes decent money if your area has rubbish troubles.

[@madspedersen7804]

I’m norwegian, we have had that machine for manny years. And tbh i thought other countries had IT aswell. Haha

[@OriginalPuro]

Very few countries do, actually, which is sad.

[@Sinista123]

We have these all over Germany.

[@JasperwithaJ]

We have these in the US, even the really old ones that the company TOMRA (the company that made the machine in the video) made in the 2000's

[@puirYorick]

I remember the glass coke bottle deposit version of that in my local supermarket just towards the time that PE began to replace glass entirely. The full mechanism with sorter is quite a substantial investment for basically doing sorting and converting change. At least they're making an effort.

[@patriciagaudielgaco4572]

Fun watching it

[@kimberlyWestfall1]

I know most would get bored by it, but I am very easily amused. So I would really enjoy using a machine like that. We don't have anything at all like that where I'm from.

[@OriginalPuro]

13 dollars, that's like 2 full meals in the US, from bottles.. Damn, bottles would be FLYING away from streets if the US implemented such a system. Homeless people would be eating well.

[@sundhaug92]

That's a thing that happens in Norway. We'd have parties at college and there'd be people coming to pick it up (students would also use pant for beer-money)

[@JasperwithaJ]

We have a system like that in the US, it depends what state your in.

[@WildcatHollowFarm]

There are return machines like that here in Germany. They have been around here for close to 15 years or so.

[@ankra12]

Wildcat Hollow Farm we have had them since the 70ts. Tomra is a Norwegian brand.

[@spacemaker8760]

@@ankra12 Sweden has also had them since the 1970's. But swedes invented the pant system back in 1884 but you did not get money for the glas bottles but they were turned in to new bottles.

[@ankra12]

These macine we have had for over 30-40 years in Norway 😁

[@OriginalPuro]

Tomra is developing a new machine now that you can pour bottles into from a bag, no more one-by-one, it takes up to 140 bottles at once..Fuck yeah :D

[@ankra12]

Puro Yes I have seen it and used it alredy.

[@spacemaker8760]

@@OriginalPuro We allready got thoese machines in Sweden. You pour all bottles and cans into it.

[@Norway_Countryball521]

@ankra12 thats wrong it was invented in 1902

[@ankra12]

@@Norway_Countryball521 sounds very unlikely.

[@tylerrichter6760]

Came from ddoi

[@arctic-1878]

Wait, there are western countries without these recycling machines? We've had them since i was a kid (and probably before that) and i'm 27.

[@TheNealsHomestead]

what's your country?

[@arctic-1878]

@@TheNealsHomestead Norway :) I just thought this was a common thing!

[@robertscott2210]

@@arctic-1878 We've had them in NY for around 20 years at least.

[@perperson199]

@@arctic-1878 Of course. It's a Norwegian invention

[@robertscott2210]

Per Person 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@spacemaker8760]

Our Pant machines in Sweden you put all your cans and bottles in at ones.

[@robertscott2210]

Seriously? Every grocery store around here has had machines like that for years.

[@perperson199]

Indeed. It is spreading from norway to the world

[@robertscott2210]

Per Person Orrrr, you got the idea from us. 🤔

[@TheRazerGamer02]

We started in 1902

[@Longestvideosmaker]

Pet-flaskor, burkar och glasflaskor. 😂

[@WendyK656]

I think the same thing, it would get old after a while.

[@SteinLundbeck]

it would get old to get your money back? you buy the content and rent the container. been using it for 20 years and not gotten old yet

[@alphawolf379]

That would get old after a while