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I’m working on making robots to collect bottles and redeem the California refund value. Basically so you could bring your bottles to a big mechanical sorter, du
by treasurebots 5y ago
I’m working on making robots to collect bottles and redeem the California refund value. Basically so you could bring your bottles to a big mechanical sorter, dump your bottles in, and get maybe like 2c per bottle paid to you, then 3c pays for the cost of transport. Currently based out of Mountain View. My background is in machine learning and I’m muddling through the electronics and mechanics, would definitely like to have help with that stuff or really just find other people interested in this intersection. If interested send me an email at contact@treasurerobotics.com
- bruceb 5y agoMight try experimenting with changing the reward. Instead of money, every 25 bottles means a tree is planeted or something. The 2cents a bottle isn't much of motivation for regular people. Easy for me to suggest as I don't have to figure it out, but maybe something to consider.
- atdrummond 5y agoI just recycle my bottles here in CA but does CA not already have these? We had machines for the bottles/cans in Vermont. Interested in helping if I'm missing something.