The scope of our project is to analyze, develop, and validate an unmotorized concept for breaking glass bottles in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for our sponsor Envipco. The machine we are working on is Envipco’s Flex TRI machine. There are certain kinds of bottles that tend to break consistently, but issues arise with thicker-walled bottles and bottles that have a wrapping or coating that prevents it from breaking properly. The goal is to reach 85% or higher consistent breakage for all sizes of bottles up to a maximum size of a 2L champagne bottle.