{ "name": "reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index", "title": "UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index", "url": "https://reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk/datasets/uk-reverse-vending-machine-price-index/", "csv": "https://reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk/datasets/uk-reverse-vending-machine-price-index.csv", "markdown": "https://reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk/datasets/uk-reverse-vending-machine-price-index/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-29", "license": "https://reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index is 3,138.88 EUR across 1 source's own page in EUR (range 3,138.88 to 3,138.88 EUR; 2 sources publish a figure), read 29 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index is 3,138.88 EUR across 1 source's own page in EUR (range 3,138.88 to 3,138.88 EUR; 2 sources publish a figure), read 29 October 2026.", "2 of the 24 named sources read in full publish a figure; 22 publish none, read 29 October 2026.", "UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index, machine class small-format machine (maker marketplace): median 3,138.88 EUR across 1 source, read 29 October 2026.", "UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index, machine class compact countertop machine: median 4,999.99 GBP across 1 source, read 29 October 2026.", "The median is down 930.56 EUR since 28 October 2026 (was 4,069.44 EUR across 1)." ], "citation": "\"reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index\", updated 2026-10-29, https://reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk/datasets/uk-reverse-vending-machine-price-index/.", "changed_since": { "since": "2026-10-28", "previous_median": 4069.44, "delta": -930.56, "direction": "down", "sentence": "The median is down 930.56 EUR since 28 October 2026 (was 4,069.44 EUR across 1)." }, "national": { "unit": "EUR", "n": 1, "median": 3138.88, "min": 3138.88, "max": 3138.88, "p25": 3138.88, "p75": 3138.88, "mean": 3138.88, "units": { "EUR": 1, "GBP": 1 }, "published_sources": 2, "named_sources": 26, "read_sources": 24, "not_published": 22, "published_share": 0.083 }, "by_axis": { "machine class": { "small-format machine (maker marketplace)": { "EUR": { "n": 1, "median": 3138.88, "min": 3138.88, "max": 3138.88, "p25": 3138.88, "p75": 3138.88, "mean": 3138.88 } }, "compact countertop machine": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 4999.99, "min": 4999.99, "max": 4999.99, "p25": 4999.99, "p75": 4999.99, "mean": 4999.99 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Precious Plastic Bazar: reverse vending machine", "url": "https://bazar.preciousplastic.com/extras/reverse-vending-machine/", "figure": "€3,138.88", "value": 3138.88, "unit": "EUR", "vat": null, "axis": { "machine class": "small-format machine (maker marketplace)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "€3,138.88", "source_class": "secondary", "text_sha256": "eb14c87f39f0dc46a527a887bea7d52d8e24ca57ebe437435fd73f67676bc131" }, { "source": "Store Fittings Direct: compact deposit return machine (QUBE)", "url": "https://storefittingsdirect.co.uk/products/deposit-return-machine-compact-reverse-vending-unit-cans-bottles", "figure": "£4,999.99", "value": 4999.99, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "machine class": "compact countertop machine" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29", "quote": "£4,999.99", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "a7ffe61c5992666b4fc8ea909f4044270f798ceda553d59d156fe0da3591e97a" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "TOMRA: reverse vending machine price", "url": "https://www.tomra.com/reverse-vending/our-offering/reverse-vending-machine-price", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "TOMRA reverse vending", "url": "https://www.tomra.com/reverse-vending", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "RVM Systems UK", "url": "https://rvmsystems.co.uk/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "RVM Systems all products", "url": "https://rvmsystems.co.uk/all-products/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "RVM Systems: can a small store use an RVM?", "url": "https://rvmsystems.com/faq/can-a-small-store-use-a-reverse-vending-machine/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "First Mile RVMs for retailers", "url": "https://www.thefirstmile.co.uk/waste-reduction-and-compliance/deposit-return-scheme/rvms-for-retailers", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Envipco: UK DRS exemption criteria", "url": "https://www.envipco.com/envipcopedia/uk-drs-exemption-criteria-exchange-for-change", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Envipco", "url": "https://www.envipco.com/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Sielaff", "url": "https://www.sielaff.de/en/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Strongpoint UK reverse vending deployment", "url": "https://www.strongpoint.com/uk/solutions/reverse-vending-deployment/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Retail Technology Show: Recyclever", "url": "https://www.retailtechnologyshow.com/exhibitors/recyclever", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Retail Technology Show: Recyclever RVM5-800", "url": "https://www.retailtechnologyshow.com/exhibitor-products/rvm5-800", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Recyclever: the UK's only RVM manufacturer", "url": "https://www.retailtechnologyshow.com/exhibitor-news/recyclever-leads-the-way-as-the-uk-s-only-rvm-manufacturer-ahead-of-drs-rollout", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Crestmont Capital: RVM financing", "url": "https://www.crestmontcapital.com/blog/reverse-vending-machine-financing", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Sensoneo: how a reverse vending machine works", "url": "https://sensoneo.com/waste-library/reverse-vending-machine/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Better Retailing: EcoVend interview 2026", "url": "https://www.betterretailing.com/ecovend-interview-2026/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Better Retailing: EcoVend on DRS", "url": "https://www.betterretailing.com/ecovend-drs-expectations/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Convenience Store: the Fed on DRS leases", "url": "https://conveniencestore.co.uk/your-business/legal-threat-issued-by-the-fed-over-drs-debacle/679457.article", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Convenience Store: a new RVM for small stores", "url": "https://conveniencestore.co.uk/your-business/new-reverse-vending-machine-designed-for-small-stores/600507.article", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Packaging Europe: TOMRA small-format RVM", "url": "https://packagingeurope.com/news/tomra-introduces-small-format-reverse-vending-machine/14760.article", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Asian Trader: Talysis on DRS break-even", "url": "https://www.asiantrader.biz/convenience-sector-faces-drs-challenges-talysis", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "EUWID: Remondis to acquire Diebold Nixdorf RVM business", "url": "https://www.euwid-recycling.com/news/business/remondis-to-acquire-rvm-activities-from-diebold-nixdorf/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.tomra.com/reverse-vending/our-offering/reverse-vending-machine-price", "label": "TOMRA: reverse vending machine price", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tomra.com/reverse-vending", "label": "TOMRA reverse vending", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rvmsystems.co.uk/", "label": "RVM Systems UK", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rvmsystems.co.uk/all-products/", "label": "RVM Systems all products", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://rvmsystems.com/faq/can-a-small-store-use-a-reverse-vending-machine/", "label": "RVM Systems: can a small store use an RVM?", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.thefirstmile.co.uk/waste-reduction-and-compliance/deposit-return-scheme/rvms-for-retailers", "label": "First Mile RVMs for retailers", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://storefittingsdirect.co.uk/products/deposit-return-machine-compact-reverse-vending-unit-cans-bottles", "label": "Store Fittings Direct: compact deposit return machine (QUBE)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.envipco.com/envipcopedia/uk-drs-exemption-criteria-exchange-for-change", "label": "Envipco: UK DRS exemption criteria", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.envipco.com/", "label": "Envipco", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.sielaff.de/en/", "label": "Sielaff", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.strongpoint.com/uk/solutions/reverse-vending-deployment/", "label": "Strongpoint UK reverse vending deployment", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.repant.com/", "label": "Repant", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.retailtechnologyshow.com/exhibitors/recyclever", "label": "Retail Technology Show: Recyclever", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.retailtechnologyshow.com/exhibitor-products/rvm5-800", "label": "Retail Technology Show: Recyclever RVM5-800", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.retailtechnologyshow.com/exhibitor-news/recyclever-leads-the-way-as-the-uk-s-only-rvm-manufacturer-ahead-of-drs-rollout", "label": "Recyclever: the UK's only RVM manufacturer", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://bazar.preciousplastic.com/extras/reverse-vending-machine/", "label": "Precious Plastic Bazar: reverse vending machine", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.crestmontcapital.com/blog/reverse-vending-machine-financing", "label": "Crestmont Capital: RVM financing", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://sensoneo.com/waste-library/reverse-vending-machine/", "label": "Sensoneo: how a reverse vending machine works", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.betterretailing.com/ecovend-interview-2026/", "label": "Better Retailing: EcoVend interview 2026", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.betterretailing.com/ecovend-drs-expectations/", "label": "Better Retailing: EcoVend on DRS", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://conveniencestore.co.uk/your-business/legal-threat-issued-by-the-fed-over-drs-debacle/679457.article", "label": "Convenience Store: the Fed on DRS leases", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://conveniencestore.co.uk/your-business/new-reverse-vending-machine-designed-for-small-stores/600507.article", "label": "Convenience Store: a new RVM for small stores", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://packagingeurope.com/news/tomra-introduces-small-format-reverse-vending-machine/14760.article", "label": "Packaging Europe: TOMRA small-format RVM", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.asiantrader.biz/convenience-sector-faces-drs-challenges-talysis", "label": "Asian Trader: Talysis on DRS break-even", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.euwid-recycling.com/news/business/remondis-to-acquire-rvm-activities-from-diebold-nixdorf/", "label": "EUWID: Remondis to acquire Diebold Nixdorf RVM business", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://exchangeforchange.co.uk/resources/", "label": "exchangeforchange.co.uk", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 24 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 22 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in EUR (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 53 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the published purchase and lease figures across every RVM maker and reseller selling into the UK scheme, the share that publish versus quote, the machine's footprint and capacity class, and the payback against the scheme's handling fee and the £6,000 grant at a stated return volume", "embed": "

3,138.88 EUR

median published figure, UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index, across 1 source, read 29 October 2026

Source: reversevendingmachinecost.co.uk UK Reverse Vending Machine Price Index
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