Machines for transporting bottles and crates returned for reuse and recycling; machines for receiving and storing of bottles and crates returned for reuse and recycling; machines for transporting metal and plastic cans returned for recycling, machines for receiving and storing metal and plastic cans returned for recycling; bottle and can crushing machines, bottle and can compacting machines; crushing, flattening, fractionating, granulating and sorting machines for bottles and cans; conveyors for bottles and bottle feedout machines; conveyors for cans and can feedout machines; conveyor belts for use in returning crates; liquid container guiding machines, namely, machines for sorting containers to specified storage areas; vertical conveyors for bottles and bottle feedout machines; return machines, namely, automated machines for accepting and identifying the material properties and deposit and other reward value of empty rigid or semi-rigid containers for recycling and reuse of non-reward or non-refund bottles, cans, plastic materials, paper products, metal, waste and trash; return machines, namely, automated machines for accepting and identifying the material properties and deposit and other reward value of empty rigid and semi-rigid containers for recycling and reuse of rewardable or refundable bottles, cans, plastic materials, paper products, metal, waste and trash; bottle soft drop collecting machine, namely, a machine with a storage bin for raising and lowering a movable bottom for the purpose of avoiding the breakage of glass containers dropped into the bin; compaction machines; waste compacting machines; waste disposer machines; waste processing machines; baling machines; machines, namely sensor-based sorting machines for sorting of metal ores, uranium, coal, gemstones and slag; machine tools, namely, tools for use in the field of mining mineral and metal ores, uranium, coal, gemstones and slag; sorting machines for chemical processing; conveyor belts; sorting machines with an opto-electric sorting function for sorting mineral and metal ores, uranium, coal, gemstones and slag; conveyor belts with electromechanical sorting apparatus; sensor-based machines for analyzing and sorting materials collected from household, commercial and industrial waste streams; sensor-based machines for analyzing and sorting agricultural raw materials, pharmaceutical products, meat, seafood, poultry, vegetables, fruit and other foodstuffs; spectrum analysers, namely, optical spectrometers used to recognize material types and material properties; diffractive optical elements, namely, diffractive gratings and synthetic composite holographic gratings for use in spectrum analyzers, namely, optical spectrometers used to recognize material types and material properties; return vending machines; electronically controlled apparatus for recognizing and identifying bottles and cans by color, type of material, information indicia, shape, weight, material transparency and material defects, namely, sorting data generating units as required for proper material recycling and item reuse; electronically controlled automatic bottle, can and crate return reward machines; electronically controlled reward and deposit return vending machine with a lottery ticket dispenser; machines for automatic identification and recognition of bottles, metal cans and beverages; electronically operated printers and displays, namely, return deposit ticket printers and information displays to instruct users and maintenance personnel on how to set up and use reverse vending machines; radio frequency tags and labels, namely, radio frequency based recycling and deposit information tags and labels; electronically and optically readable cards, namely, electronically and optically based recycling and deposit information cards; electronically and optically writable cards, namely, electronically and optically based recycling and deposit information cards; computer programs recorded on magnetic and electronic media for use with beverage container return vending machines; computer software and hardware for use with beverage container return vending machines; optical detectors; color line cameras and metal sensors for sorting metals, glass, building site rubble, electronic waste, slag, granulate, wood and bulk solids; optical apparatus, namely, imaging spectrometers and color cameras for recognition and sorting of paper, plastics, demolition waste, electrical and electronic waste, and other organic and inorganic materials; x-ray producing apparatus, namely, x-ray transmission imagers and x-ray fluorescence analyzers for radiation of metal, glass, building site rubble, electronic waste, slag, granulate, wood and bulk solids; sorting installations and apparatus, namely, equipment for sensor-based recognition and pneumatic extraction of metal ores, uranium, coal, gemstones and slag; optical equipment and electromechanical equipment for sorting installations and sorting apparatus, namely, dry bulk separation equipment in the nature of sensor based scanners and pneumatic extractors; data processors, namely computer, and electronic speed controllers for sorting installations; computer software for sensor data processing and material classification; computer hardware; cameras and computers for the transmission of image information, namely, video transmitters; optical apparatus, namely, imaging spectrometers for analyzing and sorting agricultural raw materials, pharmaceutical products, meat, seafood, poultry, fruit, vegetables, and other foodstuffs.

Recycling of bottles, cans, plastic materials, metals, paper products, waste and trash; destruction of waste and trash, metals, glass, building site rubble, electronic waste, slag, granulate, wood and bulk solids; treatment and transformation, namely, compaction, flattening, shredding, chipping, granulating, flaking and baling, of waste and trash, metals, glass, building site rubble, electronic waste, slag, granulate, wood and bulk solids; automated sorting of diverse materials such as minerals, foodstuffs, agricultural raw materials, pharmaceutical products, and recyclable and other waste items, namely, sorting of bulk goods into one or more material streams; scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto, concerning the development of apparatus for industrial sorting of goods, namely, engineering services in the field of industrial sorting apparatus, mechanical research and development in the field of machines for industrial sorting of goods; design and development of computers, electronics and software for use in industrial sorting apparatus; installation construction, namely, sorting plant engineering; computer software design for others, namely, creation of sorting algorithms within the framework of computer programs and fixed-circuit hardware; consultancy and design for the use of computer software; computer software maintenance; remote monitoring of reverse vending installations for remote analysis and control functions for deposit refund transactions and remote maintenance functions; remote monitoring of sorting installations for remote analysis and control functions for sorting operations and remote maintenance, namely remote computer network technical monitoring and software maintenance services; industrial analysis services, namely, computer software technical performance monitoring.