A Polish bottle vending machine (Recyclomat) that will return funds to your account without using a payment card is being developed in Poznań. Its creators including Łukasiewicz Poznan Institute of Technology and the company Czysta Polska are looking for entities to test the device. The pilot is expected to take place in the summer.

The Recyclomat will be able to be programmed according to the customer’s wishes – be it a large chain of shops or several smaller outlets. It will offer all options for returning the deposit paid to the customer at the time of purchase – from a refund to a payment card to a traditional receipt with which the customer will go to the shop checkout. 

A new and unique solution will be to return the deposit to the customer’s account without the need to provide the account number or carry the card. This will be made possible by an algorithm that will allow any bank account number to be encoded with a few words. When returning the bottle to the recycling machine, all you have to do is say, for example, a sequence of three specific words and the deposit will automatically be credited to your account. 

https://pit.lukasiewicz.gov.pl/innowacyjny-recyklomat-pojawi-sie-na-rynku/