A machine that refunds deposits
without taking up your store team's time
Customers drop off their reusable packaging, the machine recognises each item one by one, stores it and refunds their deposit. It is fully self-service: your store team never handles a bottle and never deals with breakage.
Step by step
01The customer drops off
They insert their empty packaging into the machine, one item at a time.
02The machine recognises
It identifies each item and stores it in the pallet box, without breaking it.
03The customer gets a refund
Instantly: as a voucher, to a bank card or loyalty card, or as a donation.
04The team empties it
The full pallet box comes out on a pallet truck in under two minutes.
What's behind it
Sensors, cameras and algorithms developed by our teams identify each item (shape, weight, barcode, label), match it with the right deposit amount and refund the customer in a few seconds, with no human intervention. Hugo, product manager at The Keepers, explains it in one minute.
For your customers, your teams and your store
What the machine changes for your customers, your teams and your store
Offer reuse, and get ahead. Something your customers expect and that is still rare, plus time to choose your equipment while funding is available.
Don't make collection your teams' job. No checks at the counter, no dirty containers to handle, no queues: the machine takes care of it.
Make reuse appealing. A simple, modern, instant gesture that brings your customers back and sets your store apart.
Shapes, materials, sizes, aisles
The only machine on the market that collects and refunds the deposit on every type of reusable packaging.
- Shapes
- bottles, jars, pots, large jugs, boxes, trays, crates
- Materials
- glass, plastic, aluminium, stainless steel
- Sizes
- from 25 cl up to a 6 L keg
- Aisles
- drinks, groceries, fresh produce, personal care, household products
That is what lets you go beyond the drinks aisle, and reach your reuse targets with a single piece of equipment.
The questions we get asked
How much space does it take?
The Collector was designed around a universal pallet box. It can stand alone or be built in, and a simple manual pallet truck is all it takes to swap the box when it is full, with no lifting by hand.
How much of my team's time will it take?
- No containers to handle, no sorting to do
- A standard manual pallet truck and gloves, nothing else
- Email alert when full and an indicator light
I don't want my team handling after-sales service
- The number is on the machine: your customers call us directly
- Every machine is monitored remotely, every day
- Remote or on-site support from our teams
Is there a risk of breakage or fraud?
No breakage: a cushioning system guides each item all the way down to the pallet box (patent filed).
No fraud: a secure intake chamber rejects anything it does not recognise, and every attempt is logged in your statistics.
Is it easy for my customers to understand?
- Three steps: drop off, let it recognise, choose your refund
- No app, no account to create
- A screen that guides them step by step
Optional: a prize draw or a consumer survey on the machine's screen.
And how much does it cost?
- A monthly subscription, partly covered by producer responsibility organisations (PROs)
- No capital outlay: we don't sell the machine
- Maintenance and after-sales service included
- No building work: a standard socket is enough
The data sheet at a glance
| Power supply | 230 V, standard socket |
|---|---|
| Consumption | 22 kWh per month, about €53 per year |
| Width | 98 cm, i.e. one metre of frontage |
| Depth | 135 cm |
| Floor area | 1.31 m² |
| Empty weight | 240 kg |
| Pallet box | 665 L, standard |
No building work needed. A standard socket is enough.
Every machine reports what it sees
What consumers prefer
- Peak usage times
- Packaging returned per visit and per product
- Total deposits refunded
- Preferred refund methods
- Session length
What operators need
- Fill level, in real time
- Fraud attempts, logged and counted
- The most frequently returned products
What we monitor for you
- Machine performance
- Incidents and downtime
- Condition of every electronic component, so we can act before a breakdown
In France
In France. Design, R&D, assembly and after-sales service in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine); manufacturing by Bourasseau Industrie in Les Epesses (Vendée) for the past ten years.
That is what allows us to improve the machine quickly, and to step in fast when it needs a part.
In stores, and beyond
In stores, of course. But also anywhere takeaway meals are served in a sheltered space: food courts, campsites, concert and theatre venues. That is where reusable containers come back fastest, and where the most single-use tableware is thrown away today.
Get the data sheet, or talk to someone
We will email you the data sheet, so you can pass it on easily.