Envipco
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Envipco is a global recycling company. Envipco's corporate headquarters are located in Naugatuck, Connecticut
Naugatuck, Connecticut
Naugatuck is a consolidated borough and town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town spans both sides of the Naugatuck River just south of Waterbury, and includes the communities of Union City on the east side of the river, which has its own post office, Straitsville on the...

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Envipco owns Sorepla Industrie, a plastics recycling plant in France that converts PET
Polyethylene terephthalate
Polyethylene terephthalate , commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination...

 and HDPE to plastic pellets that can be used to make new plastic products, clothing, carpeting and other products. Envipco USA is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 manufacturer and distributor of reverse vending machines and other reverse vending solutions. Envipco's corporate headquarters are located in Naugatuck, Connecticut
Naugatuck, Connecticut
Naugatuck is a consolidated borough and town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town spans both sides of the Naugatuck River just south of Waterbury, and includes the communities of Union City on the east side of the river, which has its own post office, Straitsville on the...

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Reverse Vending Machines

Envipco products include Reverse vending machine
Reverse vending machine
A reverse vending machine is a device that accepts used beverage containers and returns money to the user . The machines are popular in places that have mandatory recycling laws or container deposit legislation. In some places, bottlers paid funds into a centralized pool to be dispersed to people...

s and customized solution
Solution
In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. The solvent does the dissolving.- Types of solutions :...

s for its clients. Reverse vending machines (RVMs) collect, compact and sort customers' empty beverage containers and, where applicable, issue a voucher redeemable for cash. The Envipco RVMs can also have interactive advertising, couponing and integration with Retailer POS.

Envipco's reverse vending machines differ based on the market in which they appear. In deposit-and-return markets, the reverse vending machines use bar code technology to identify the product being recycled. In non-deposit markets the reverse vending machines identify the product as being PET
Polyethylene terephthalate
Polyethylene terephthalate , commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination...

 or aluminum.
In the United States, Envipco machines are most common in the 11 states that require bottle deposits
Container deposit legislation in the United States
The United States container-deposit legislation is popularly called bottle bills after the Oregon Bottle Bill, the first such legislation passed in the U.S....

. Envipco's current flagship product is the CF1500 line of reverse vending machines for the Deposit markets which prints a cash voucher for a refund of the deposit paid on the container. In states that do not have bottle deposits, as well as outside of the United States, reverse vending machines can generate coupons, prizes or vouchers for donations to schools.

Recycling Centers

In a joint venture pilot project with Coca-Cola Co. bulk feed, high volume Recycling Centers for beverage containers have been installed at locations in and around Arlington, Texas, typically in grocery store parking lots. The project is called Reimagine. Texas is not a state with container deposits, so people who recycle containers at one of the Reimagine Recycling locations earn points which can be used to donate funds to local schools, enter sweepstakes for prizes, and get coupons for products or gift certificates for local businesses.
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