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Latest glitch shuts down ticket vending
Dec. 17, 2009 – After spending months upgrading its aging SkyTrain ticket machines, TransLink is facing more glitches with the system.

Breathalyzer vending machines
Dec. 14, 2009 – Right on time for the holiday season is a new, innovative vending machine that's designed to prevent drunk driving.

Healthy vending just in time for Winter Olympics
Dec. 9, 2009 – Eco-Friendly, Hi-Tech Vending Machines that Combat Poor Performance & Obesity to Debut in Whistler & Vancouver in January of 2010.

Portable ticket kiosks scheduled for 2010 games
Dec. 8, 2009 – TransLink will bring in portable ticket kiosks during the Winter Games and increase the number of ticket-vending machines at key SkyTrain stations to help manage a potential crush of commuters.

Sacred Heart uses RVMs to boost recycling
Dec. 8, 2009 – Sacred Heart University in Fairfield has begun offering "reverse-vending machines" (RVMs) across campus in an effort to increase beverage container recycling.

Sephora beauty vending machines
Dec. 8, 2009 – The vending machines will offer 50 of Sephora's most popular makeup, skin care and fragrance sets, and individual items from a variety of popular brands.

Coke moves to climate-friendly machines
Dec. 8. 2009 – Coca-Cola Co has announced that it will eliminate a major greenhouse gas in its new vending machines and coolers, raising the bar for climate friendly refrigeration in the food and beverage industry.

Bean to cup
Dec. 4, 2009 – The ECO 5100 has the best of the Wittenborg 5100, with replaced parts that previously gave the most frequent problems. The machine is equipped with a 1.5 kg or 2.2 kg coffee, container, and large containers for milk, chocolate and sugar.

Coke commits to ‘green' coolers, vending machines
Dec. 3, 2009 – Coca-Cola Co. has announced that all of its new vending machines and coolers will be free of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, by 2015, helping cut a source of greenhouse gases that scientists say are contributing to global warming.

Health bill will impact food, drug industries
Dec. 2, 2009 – One of the more unlikely changes in the health care overhaul bill has to do with vending machines. Nutrition advocates want people to realize how many calories there are in non-diet sodas, potato chips and snack cakes.