To solve a very Michigan problem, this inventor created an in-home bottle counter Dale G. Young for Crain's Detroit Business ER doctor Nathan Arnold and a group he assembled have come up with a machine he calls "Nessie." The machine scans drink containers for applicable deposit, credits any account you may specify, and then crushes the container before dropping it into a recycling bin below. Crain's Forum: Recycling This Crain's Forum looks at the state of recycling in Michigan. These are the stories in this report: But what if they could be redeemed in your kitchen? Nathan Arnold, an emergency room physician, has invented a freestanding machine that counts and crushes aluminum cans and plastic bottles after scanning each barcode.