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North Pole – through ultra-endurance events in every continent and even rowing more than 5,000km across the Altantic. Drawing parallels with the business environment, he demonstrated to attendees that motivation is the spark, but introducing habits make you achieve huge goals. At the end of the day participants had a chance to unwind during


the gala dinner in the chic Tuya restaurant, situated in a park and overlooking a lake. It was there that the winners of the EVA awards for ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Innovation’ were announced. Both award categories attracted many exciting projects and products for the jury to consider; all which were briefly outlined before the category winners were announced. The winners were as follows…


MIA Easy Milk – Azkoyen


The EVA also presented an award to the German Vending Association (BDV) to celebrate and mark its 50th anniversary. 2023 marked the full return to the traditional EVEX format after


Lifecycle Assessment Calculation (LCA) tool – Nestlé Professional


two slightly different editions in 2022 (at the Venditalia exhibition and combined with VendCon). With the Romanian market continuing to demonstrate positive growth for vending, and therefore an interesting market for potential business opportunities, the EVA and PRIV are pleased that the event was able to attract over 170 registered attendees which included a good mix of international vending players as well as local Romanian companies. The EVA is considering a location and date for EVEX 2024 and an announcement will be made in due course.


Aussie start-up aims to save 100m plastic bottles sold from vending machines The company, Refilled, hopes to capitalise


A new Sydney-based climate tech start- up that launched with two Australian customers — The University of Technology Sydney and The University of Sydney Union (USU) – is on a mission to eliminate the single-use plastic bottle waste caused by the $44bn vending industry, by replacing as many of these machines as possible with their new BYO-Bottle system.


University-based customers UTS and


on the dominant trend of reusable bottles, a market now worth $14bn, by giving people more flavour variety and nutritional options than just plain water on tap. Its ‘Refillers’ are a cross between a fridge and giant SodaStream. They offer chilled still and sparkling drinks in a range of flavours with the ability to add optional boosters such as caffeine, vitamins, and exercise-focused nootropics. More than 891 billion single-use plastic


bottles are produced worldwide every year and less than 20% are ever recycled, which makes vending machines a major source of plastic pollution. Refilled is on track to build and install 100 Refillers by 2024, which would eliminate upwards of 1 million single- use plastic bottles from ending up in our environment or landfills every year. It aims to eliminate 100m single-use plastic bottles by 2030. Because a single Refiller can stock 10x more beverages than a typical vending machine, it can also dramatically reduce waste and delivery emissions caused by frequent deliveries and restocking of traditional beverages.


USU are looking to offer more sustainable flavoured drink alternatives to students that are much more affordable than the cost of standard bottled water, while chilled still water is always available for free. Refilled is tracking the number of bottles it has saved in real time and has created reusable bottles with QR codes that can be scanned at the Refiller and used to pay for drinks — no card, phone or cash required. Refilled founder and chief executive, Ryan


Nelson said: “Refilled is transforming the ordinary, everyday act of drinking water into climate action. Most people have good intentions and want to do good for the planet, but not everyone can afford to buy an electric vehicle or install solar panels. Armed with just a reusable bottle and a couple of bucks, our Refillers offer an affordable, achievable way to eliminate plastic pollution. If we can replace even a fraction of drink vending machines, which are an outrageous source of plastic waste, we will stop millions of plastic bottles going to landfills.”


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