Recycling is a great way to help the environment, but some people are still not as eco-friendly as they could be.
At Joe's college a new scheme has been intoduced to encourage everyone to start crushing their cans.
He tells us all about it in this report.
"This year our college has been introduced with a reverse-vending machine.
This is a machine that gives you a token when you recycle a bottle or can.
The tokens are collected and then at the end of the year, the people who have collected the most tokens win a prize.
The prizes vary from mini-fridges for pupils in year 7 to games consoles for pupils in year 10.
How it works
This is how it works. Place a can or bottle into the machine.
It will spin the object and scan for its bar-code.
The object will then either be rejected or it will shoot through a hole, be crunched up and drop into a bin on the inside. If it is rejected, the object will come back out.
UK first
The reverse-vending machine is a great success as it
encourages lots of young people to recycle.
Reverse-vending already happens in countries all over Europe and in America. However, this is the first in the UK.
Reverse-vending also saves our school hundreds of pounds because it reduces the amount of waste that needs to be taken away."
Joe, Cambridgshire
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