Vending machines have come under fire lately for being bad for the environment, as inefficient 24-hour operation leads to significant amounts of electricity being wasted. Especially in Japan, there are over 5.4million vending machines (as of Dec 2007).... ...full story at TreeHugger
from TreeHugger on Mon, Jul 28 2008
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Very Helpful Vending Machine » Mottekaero Japan is a country of vending machines, its one of the first thing to hit visitors to this country "there are so many vending machines". They sell cold or hot drinks, dry or hot food, videos or clothes (or so I've heard about the last one).But this... |
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Purikura » Loulogue Japan is vending-machine heaven, you can buy a huge variety of products from vending machines, and you can find the machines everywhere (within a hundred meters from my apartment there are at least 9). My favorite vending machine is the coin-operated... |
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