Retiree puzzled after 20 deposit-marked 100Plus cans rejected; BCRS says it's an isolated incident
After accumulating close to twenty 100-plus drink cans, a retiree tried to recycle them at a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) machine.To his bewilderment, he was repeatedly rejected by two machines.The 76-year-old man, surnamed Wu, told Shin Min Daily News that he visited two reverse vending machines at Blocks 165 and 144 Tampines Street 12 on Oct 14.Despite the containers bearing the deposit mark, neither machine could process them."I tried several times, but it was always the same even if I used another container," he lamented.Unable to receive his 10-cent deposit refund, Wu brought his cans back home.About two weeks later, he contacted Shin Min to share that he was finally able to recycle some cans when he visited one of the machines again on Oct 26.The scheme's operator told Shin Min that its investigations determined that the error was an isolated incident caused by a recent system update which affected its identification means.The machines have since been serviced and are now operating normally.