'Good morning 10 cents': Man says day of collecting bottles, cans earned him about $80 from Tampines BCRS machine“早上好，10分钱！”：男子称，他一天收集瓶罐，从淡滨尼的BCRS回收机赚了大约80新元。
For some, empty drink bottles and cans are trash. For one man, they could be worth a little extra cash.A TikTok user recently shared a video of himself feeding bottles and cans into a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) return machine in Tampines.Posted by TikTok user johnsaudio on Saturday (Sept 5), the video showed him taking the containers out of...
For some, empty drink bottles and cans are trash. For one man, they could be worth a little extra cash.
A TikTok user recently shared a video of himself feeding bottles and cans into a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) return machine in Tampines.
Posted by TikTok user johnsaudio on Saturday (Sept 5), the video showed him taking the containers out of a large trash bag before inserting them into the machine.
Several large bags filled with bottles and cans could be seen surrounding him as he worked through his haul.
"Good morning, 10 cents," he captioned the video.
In the comments, he said he had collected almost $80 worth of returns.
The video drew largely supportive reactions, with some users saying there was nothing wrong with collecting discarded containers for the deposit refunds.
One commenter wrote that since "people are so lazy to return them", those willing to go the extra mile to collect them should be allowed to earn from the returns.
Another encouraged him not to feel ashamed, saying that "nothing is wrong" with collecting the containers to make some money while recycling.
It appears this was not his first time collecting and returning containers.
An earlier video posted on Aug 26 also showed him bringing bottles and cans to a BCRS machine, with the same large trash bag filled with more cans and bottles collected.
And in a separate video, he demonstrated one of the cans repeatedly being rejected by a BCRS machine.
Despite the can bearing the BCRS logo, it appeared to have trouble being accepted by the machine and was repeatedly pushed back out.
The man eventually gave the machine a thumbs-down gesture.
5.5 million containers recycled since April
Since the BCRS launched in April, about 5.5 million bottles and cans have been recycled through the scheme , Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Janil Puthucheary said in Parliament on Aug 5.
More than one million successful refunds have also been made, with each eligible container worth a 10-cent refund.
The number is expected to grow as more BCRS-labelled beverages enter the market.
AsiaOne reached out to johnsaudio for more information.
asyiqin.nadzri@asiaone.com
对一些人来说，空饮料瓶罐是垃圾。但对某个人来说，它们却能换点外快。
一位 TikTok 用户最近分享了一段视频，视频中他正在淡滨尼将瓶罐放入饮料容器回收计划 (BCRS) 回收机中。
TikTok 用户 johnsaudio 于周六（9 月 5 日）发布了一段视频，视频显示他将容器从一个大垃圾袋中取出，然后放入机器中。
在他清点战利品的时候，可以看到他周围堆放着好几个装满瓶瓶罐罐的大袋子。
“早上好，10美分，”他在视频下方写道。
他在评论中表示，他已经收回了价值近 80 美元的退款。
该视频获得了普遍支持，一些用户表示，收集废弃容器以退还押金并没有错。
一位评论者写道，既然“人们懒得归还它们”，那么那些愿意多花些功夫去收集它们的人应该被允许从这些退款中获利。
另一个人鼓励他不要感到羞耻，说收集容器来赚钱并进行回收利用“没有什么错的”。
看来这并非他第一次收集和归还容器。
8 月 26 日发布的一段早期视频也显示，他将瓶子和罐子带到 BCRS 机器旁，同一个大垃圾袋里装满了收集到的更多瓶子和罐子。
在另一段视频中，他演示了其中一个罐头反复被 BCRS 机器拒收的情况。
尽管罐子上印有 BCRS 标志，但机器似乎无法识别它，并反复将其推出。
最后，那人对着机器竖起了大拇指朝下的手势。
自4月以来，已回收550万个容器。
可持续发展和环境部高级政务部长贾尼尔·普图切里8月5日在国会表示，自4月份BCRS启动以来，已有约550万个瓶罐通过该计划得到回收利用。
目前已成功办理超过一百万笔退款，每个符合条件的容器可获得 10 美分的退款。
随着更多贴有 BCRS 标签的饮料进入市场，预计这一数字还会增长。
AsiaOne已联系johnsaudio以获取更多信息。
asyiqin.nadzri@asiaone.com