Method and system of vending a product into a reusable container

A system for vending a product from a vending machine into a reusable container adapted to receive the product from the vending machine, the vending machine comprising:

• a reader arranged to receive user account information from a computer readable means disposed on the reusable container, the computer readable means comprising said user account information associated with the reusable container and said user account information corresponding to a user account comprising credit information;
• a mobile device module arranged to receive an identifier from a mobile device;
• a processor arranged to compare the received identifier with a selected identifier associated with the user account to authorise deduction of credit from said user account in response to the received identifier matching the selected identifier;
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• an access means arranged to access the user account based on said received user account information and deduct credit corresponding to a credit value of said product from the user account based on said credit information to purchase the product, whereby the vending machine subsequently vends said product to be received by the reusable container.