Machine Speeds Bottle Returns (May, 1960)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1960
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1960
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I personally prefer those machines that shred your cans, but none the less, an origination.
Machine Speeds Bottle Returns
At least one waiting line might be shortened if a supermarket installed this bottle-return machine in its parking lot. You’d slip bottles into sized openings. The machine would calculate the refund, issue a slip, and move the bottles inside on a belt.
