Reverse vending machine is a concept or an idea which inculcate the habit of recycling the waste materials. Reverse vending machine will be working by taking recyclable waste into the machine and gives a use full thing as a token of appreciation.

The aim of this project is to design and fabricate a reverse vending machine which takes recyclable waste into the machine and displays a token of appreciation. The machine can accept a plastic bottle of 90mm diameter without cap and tin cans can be accepted and crushed and stored. The machine has a capacity of storing 50 plastic bottles and 50 tin cans. There basically two parts, one is the mechanical part and the other is the electronics part. The mechanical part is used to crush the recyclable waste which is kept in the machine so that more plastic and cans can be recycled and stored. The electronics part which consist of sensor and microcontroller, is used to take the correct input and segregate the waste into its respective categories and give a token of appreciation as a LCD display. The whole system is automated by the help of electronics. Combining both parts will give a reverse vending machine.

Reverse vending machine will be working by taking recyclable waste into the machine and gives a use full thing as a token of appreciation.

With limited resources in the world, we need to start preserving them and put an end to wastage. Being encouraged to recycle through a rewards system.To encourage recycling process we are designing and manufacturing reverse vending machine.

A reverse vending machine will start working in the following flow. First the waste object is inserted and the LCD display will show the object is detected and tells weather it is a plastic or tin can and it intakes it, the bottle is detected with the help of sensors then the gate is opened if the inserted bottle is plastic or tin can. Then a motor is started and it in turn start rotating the crushing setup which will be used for the volumetric reduction of plastic and tin can then the objects are segregated and dropped into the segregation box, with the help of a segregator and token of appreciation will appear on the LCD display.

Reverse vending machine has been designed and manufactured, for the immediate segregation of recyclable waste. Volumetric reduction of the materials done for better storage capacity and handling. The machine is capable of collecting two kinds of trash i.e., plastic bottles and tin cans and stores up to 100 no's , 50 each respectively. Economic feasibility of the project is evident from the price range of the already available machine in the market.

We have reduced the cost of the machine by 85%. Our objective has been achieved based on the parameters that are considered have been accomplished.

The capacity of the machine can also be increased by various process such as increasing the container volume , increasing the number of intake ports .

2. Based from your product and/or service in question 1, complete the table below. Process Number Process Description Process Time Manpower requirement