pantrum

Compound of pant (“container deposit”) +‎ rum (“room”).

pantrum n

1. A reverse vending machine backroom; the space (often in a grocery shop) located behind a reverse vending machine, where beverage crates and glass bottles as well as crushed PET bottles and aluminium cans (subject to a container deposit) are stored before transport for reuse and recycling.
   • 2002 January 28, “Beväpnade män rånade matbutik [Armed men robbed grocery store]”, in Dagens Nyheter:

     Gärningsmännen hotade de två i personalen med pistol och kniv och tvingade in dem i ett pantrum för tomflaskor […]

     The perpetrators threatened the two staff members with a gun and a knife and forced them into a reverse vending machine backroom for empty bottles

   • 2017 December 4, “Paketkaos tvingar julklapparna till pantrum [Parcel chaos forces Christmas presents into the reverse vending machine backroom]”, in P4 Malmöhus, Sveriges Radio:

     Antalet paket som skickades under black friday-helgen var dubbelt så många som förra året – och långt högre än vad e-handlarna varslat om. Det ställer till med problem för de små handlarna med paketutlämning. På Ica-butiken i Bunkeflostrand har man till och med tvingats flytta in paketen i pantrummet, jämte backar med tom flaskor.

     The number of parcels sent during the Black Friday weekend was double that of last year – and far higher than what the online retailers had warned about. This is causing problems for small retailers with parcel collections. At the Ica store in Bunkeflostrand, they have even been forced to move the parcels into the reverse vending machine backroom, next to crates of empty bottles.

   • 2024 November 17, Natalie Radlovacki, Pierre Ragnehag, “Brand i matbutik norr om Sundsvall – startade i pantrummet [Fire at grocery store north of Sundsvall – started in the reverse vending machine backroom]”, in SVT Nyheter:

     Det har brunnit i pantrummet och det spred sig till takstrukturen. Just nu verkar branden under kontroll och vi arbetar med att kyla ner pantmaskinen och förhindra spridning av röken, säger räddningstjänstens larmoperatör Linus Lundström strax innan klockan 05.

     The fire broke out in the reverse vending machine backroom and spread to the roof structure. At the moment, the fire appears to be under control, and we are working on cooling down the reverse vending machine and preventing the spread of smoke, said emergency services dispatcher Linus Lundström just before 5 am.