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On the morning of the working day, everyone has a cup of hot coffee in a paper cup; at noon, the foreign eaters take a paper lunch box with lunch, order drinks in the afternoon, and have a hand-cranked drink. These are all familiar to us, but What do you do with the recyclables after eating and drinking?

According to the statistics of Greenpeace in 2021 , Taiwan will manufacture as many as 2 billion beverage cups in 2020. These unwashed and compressed plastic cups have become an environmental killer. Taiwan has gradually implemented a plastic restriction policy in recent years. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Completely ban single-use plastics by 2030.

The impact of the global plastic restriction trend

In recent years, environmental awareness has risen, and under the influence of the global plastic restriction trend, countries have also actively promulgated plastic restriction bans.

At the end of 2018, the European Parliament passed the Single Use Plastic Directive. According to this directive, by 2021, all EU member states will completely ban single-use plastic products such as plastic straws, cotton swabs, plastic plates and plastic cutlery and forks. By 2025, EU member states aim to achieve a recycling rate of 95% of plastic bottles. All EU member states, including France, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, etc., have to incorporate this directive into national regulations.

Environmentally friendly country – Germany

German recycling ranks first in the world. According to the statistics of Eunomia, an independent research and consulting agency for environmental recycling in the UK, Germany ranked first in the world recycling rankings with a recycling rate of 56% in 2018.

deposit system

In Germany, since 2003, in order to increase public awareness of recycling plastic bottles, legislation has passed a deposit system.

Chain supermarkets in Germany have automatic empty bottle recycling machines. Consumers can put empty bottles that meet the standard into the

📌Recycling items with security deposit :

1. Plastic mineral water and beverage bottles: mineral water, sparkling water, juice, cola soda, etc.

2. Various glass beer bottles.

3. Aluminum cans for beverages: soft drinks, beer cans.

Glass, plastic small beverage packaging and aluminum cans will be charged a "deposit of 0.25 euros each"

For containers with a capacity of more than 1.5 liters, a "deposit of 0.50 euros each" will be charged

After consumers recycle empty bottles, the deposit is returned as a mechanism to encourage recycling.

📌Quick identification method :

If you find these three words on the bottle, it means exchangeable money: Mehrwegflasche, Leihflasche, Pfandflasche.

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ECOCO Smart Recycling Machine

ECOCO Circular Economy, which originated from Taiwan, is the world's first smart recycling machine that can recycle plastic hand-cranked beverage cups. Referring to the European plastic restriction practice, it has designed a recycling economy recycling mechanism. In addition to recycling common beverage plastic cups , Treasure bottles, even discarded batteries can be recycled here, and the accumulated points can be exchanged for shopping gold, which is very practical.

ECOCO = ECO (environment) + COin (currency). ECOCO is a point system designed with circular economy thinking, integrating environmental protection, point system, recycling technology and design and other multi-faceted platforms.

Technology and environmental protection. Points back

Image source: ECOCO official website

How to operate the machine?

If you are using the machine for the first time like me, you can scan the QR code to see the operation tutorial, which is easy to understand. For the first time, you need to download the APP and register as a member!

Information required for membership registration: name, mobile phone number, birthday, email.

1. Scan the QR code

2. After decoding, open the webpage

3. Download the ECOCO Circular Economy APP

01｜ Click the blue button to start.

02｜ Enter your mobile number on the ECOCO device screen to accumulate points.

03｜ You can start delivery when you see this screen!

✅Recyclable items:

Bottle collection machine: (1) Baote bottle (2) Aluminum can (3) PP hand shake plastic cup

Batteries: 1 (D), 2 (C), 3 (AA), 4 (AAA), 5 (N), 6 (AAAA) and 9V square

1. PET bottles:
within 2 liters, milky white and opaque packaging bottles (such as fresh milk bottles, yogurt bottles, etc.) are not accepted.

2. Aluminum cans (CAN):
Iron cans are not accepted.

3. Plastic cups for hand-cranked beverages (PP) :
within 1,000CC.

4. Battery:

Make sure that there is no rust and no leakage before delivery.

▲ Small reminder: The delivered bottle body should be complete without deformation and residual liquid. It would be better if the bottle cap, film, and empty bottle can be removed.

Next, let's deliver the battery!

Different points can also be obtained from large to small batteries. The larger 1st and 2nd batteries are 10PT (ECOCO points), and the other batteries are 5PT (ECOCO points).

▲ In the process of charging the battery, just put the positive pole of the dry battery inward and lean it on the conveyor belt.

▲ Non-recyclable plastic bottle caps and batteries are directly delivered to the hole below the machine.

When it's over, come and see your points! Points will be directly stored in the app, which is very convenient !

This time I delivered 5 PET bottles and 8 dry batteries, and got a total of 50 points.

Check with partner merchants to redeem points.

The discounts offered by each business are different. Take "Xiaobei Department Store" as an example, every 6PT points can be discounted to NT$1. With my current 50 points, it can be discounted to NT$8. I think the discount is quite A lot (because I don't recycle much this time)

ECOCO cooperates with the business process and provides four exchange modes:

1. Electronic coupons

2. Electronic serial number

3. Electronic write-off

4. Paper coupons

The exchange method used by each merchant is different, please refer to the announcement of "Official Website Charity Merchant " or "ECOCOAPP Partner Store" announcement!

Experience

This is the first time I use the "ECOCO Circular Economy" smart recycling machine. It has changed the habit of accumulating at least 500g of batteries before I can get it in a convenience store to recycle and exchange for shopping gold. Moreover, the waste dry batteries are prone to leakage and swelling after being stored for a long time. Such conditions will also cause harm to the environment and reduce resource reuse.

Now there is the "ECOCO Circular Economy" smart recycling machine, which can not only directly recycle plastic cups, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, batteries, but also accumulate points to exchange for shopping gold, and the operation process of the machine is also very fun, very suitable for Bringing children to experience it is easier than you think! Do a small thing for the planet, start with your daily life !

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