MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611084276 A) filed by Ikram Hasan; Aman Srivastava; Omkar Singh Kardam; Aakash; Avdhesh Kumar; and Zakir Hussain on July 09, 2026, for A Design And Development Of Smart Reverse Vending System For Pet Bottle Collection And Recycling.

Inventors include Ikram Hasan; Aman Srivastava; Omkar Singh Kardam; Aakash; Avdhesh Kumar; and Zakir Hussain.

The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a design and development of smart reverse vending system (100) for PET bottle collection and recycling, the system (100) comprises an input module (102) for receiving used PET bottles, a bottle detection module (104) for sensing bottle insertion, and a bottle verification module (106) for validating the bottle. A weight measurement module (108) records bottle weight, while a control module (110) manages validation, bottle counting, storage monitoring, and overall system operation. A gate control module (112) directs accepted bottles to a processing chamber. A bottle size reduction module (114) crushes verified bottles in a storage module (116). A fill-level monitoring module (118) tracks storage capacity, while a user reward module (120) issues digital incentive. A communication module (122) transmits operational data to a cloud monitoring module (124), and a user interface (126) displays instructions, transaction details, rewards, and system notifications in real time.

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