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Dr Puthucheary also noted that the consumer price of beverages is a commercial decision influenced by multiple factors, including fuel and logistics costs, consumer demand patterns and the marketing strategies of the producer or retailer.<\/p>\n
“Market players who raise the prices of their beverages will face direct competition with other industry players given the wide variety of beverage choices. Nevertheless, members of the public who notice improper practices among retailers may alert the National Environment Agency,” he said.<\/p>\n
The government previously announced that 1,070 reverse vending machines will be deployed across Singapore, with over 90 per cent of Housing Board households within a five-minute walk of a machine.<\/p>\n
All 1,070 machines have been deployed and are operational, in addition to machines in bigger supermarkets, said Dr Puthucheary.<\/p>\n
More machines have been progressively deployed since the launch of the scheme and the government is on track to increase the number of return points to around 2,000 within the first year of implementation, he added.<\/p>\n
All hawker centres will either have a reverse vending machine on-site or a machine located close by. Many coffeeshops are also located within HDB estates and would have convenient access to a machine, Dr Puthucheary said.<\/p>\n
He noted that most transactions and returns at the machines have been successful.<\/p>\n
“For the handful of issues that occurred at the reverse vending machines, the scheme operator BCRS Ltd has worked closely with the reverse vending machine operators to respond quickly to resolve them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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