Beijing's vast army of plastic-bottle scavengers will get an automated rival later this month, when the city introduces its first reverse vending machines that pay subway credits in exchange for returned containers, the Guardian reported.

More than 100 recycle-to-ride devices will be installed. Donors will receive between 5 fen and 1 mao on their commuter passes for each polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle they insert into the machine.

"It will be as easy to use as an ATM," said an employee of the operating company, Incom. "We hope to put one at every station on the route [subway line 10] and later expand to other lines, bus stops and residential areas."

(China.org.cn July 5, 2012)

据《卫报》报道，本月，北京的大批塑料瓶回收小贩将迎来一个自动化的竞争对手。首批引进的空瓶回收机将可以用回收的瓶子抵换交通卡储值。

北京将安装100多台这种设备。用户每往机器中投入一个塑料空瓶，就可以在自己的交通卡上收入5分或1毛。

“它操作起来很简单，像自动取款机一样，”盈创再生资源回收公司员工表示。“我们希望在地铁10号线的每一站都装一台，今后将它推广到其它地铁线路、公交车站和居民小区。”