We need to do a much better job of making sure that what's in those vending machines is very consistent.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

"We need to do a much better job of making sure that what's in those vending machines is very consistent.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Central to this is Carlsberg's use of Denmark's reverse vending machines, run by Dansk Retursystem.

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About 150, 000 U.S. vending machines accept credit and debit cards.

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Among the civil charges: misrepresenting potential earnings and the ease of finding locations for vending machines. (It's all summarized on the FTC's Web site, www.ftc.gov.) The defendants admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to reforms.

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