If a reverse vending machine at a store refuses to accept a container, does that mean that the store does not have to accept the container and pay the refund value?
No. If the store is required to accept the container (see question #1), then the store must take the container back and pay you the refund value. It does not make any difference whether or not the machine rejects the container. The reverse vending machines are operated by stores for convenience, but they do not relieve the stores of any responsibility under the law. If your container is rejected by the machine but is a kind or brand sold by the store, you can take the empty container into the store and the store must accept it and pay you the refund value. Often a machine fails to accept containers because it cannot read the bar code on the container, the container has been dented or crushed and cannot fit into the machine, or the machine has not been properly programmed to accept the container. In these cases, the store must redeem the container even though it has been rejected by the machine. However, machines are also programmed to not accept beverage containers not covered under th
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