Conveyor means for a facility for receiving returnable items, in particular containers such as bottles, cans and the like of plastic, glass or metal, characterised in that the conveyor means comprises: - a drum adapted for coupling to a drum drive, said drum being rotary about a central longitudinal axis and having in an axial direction an elongate and radially extending recess adapted to receive a returnable item, - an movable, elongate element provided in said recess, which element is adapted to be movable in a piston like way in a radial direction relative to said drum between a retracted position and an advanced position, wherein an outer surface of said element has the same or substantially the same radius of curvature as an outer surface of the drum such that when in said advanced position, said outer surface has the same or substantially the same center of curvature as an outer surface of the drum and becomes substantially aligned with said outer surface of the drum, - an element drive adapted to provide a movement of said element between said retracted position in a second rotary position of said drum and in an advanced position in first or third rotary positions of said drum, - an allocated input area for receiving returnable items to be placed on an upper circumferential part of the drum when the drum is in said first rotary position, which input area is located on an upper circumferential part of said drum, the element drive being adapted to position the element in the retracted position when the drum is positioned in the second rotary position with the recess in the drum facing upwards towards the input area, and - a first output, proximal to an outer surface level of said drum, and covering an angular interval for the drum rotation that includes the third rotary position, and wherein the conveyor means is adapted a) to establish an open fall path extending from the allocated input area to a bottom of the recess provided by the elongate element in the retracted position when the drum is in the second rotary position with the recess facing upwards towards the input area to allow a returnable item having been deposited in the input area to fall freely into and be received in the recess, and b) to rotate the drum, upon establishment of the open fall path, from the second rotary position to the third rotary position and move the element to the advanced position to forceably drive a returnable item received in the recess out of the recess and to the first output. - a drum adapted for coupling to a drum drive, said drum being rotary about a central longitudinal axis and having in an axial direction an elongate and radially extending recess adapted to receive a returnable item, - an movable, elongate element provided in said recess, which element is adapted to be movable in a piston like way in a radial direction relative to said drum between a retracted position and an advanced position, wherein an outer surface of said element has the same or substantially the same radius of curvature as an outer surface of the drum such that when in said advanced position, said outer surface has the same or substantially the same center of curvature as an outer surface of the drum and becomes substantially aligned with said outer surface of the drum, - an element drive adapted to provide a movement of said element between said retracted position in a second rotary position of said drum and in an advanced position in first or third rotary positions of said drum, - an allocated input area for receiving returnable items to be placed on an upper circumferential part of the drum when the drum is in said first rotary position, which input area is located on an upper circumferential part of said drum, the element drive being adapted to position the element in the retracted position when the drum is positioned in the second rotary position with the recess in the drum facing upwards towards the input area, and - a first output, proximal to an outer surface level of said drum, and covering an angular interval for the drum rotation that includes the third rotary position, and a) to establish an open fall path extending from the allocated input area to a bottom of the recess provided by the elongate element in the retracted position when the drum is in the second rotary position with the recess facing upwards towards the input area to allow a returnable item having been deposited in the input area to fall freely into and be received in the recess, and b) to rotate the drum, upon establishment of the open fall path, from the second rotary position to the third rotary position and move the element to the advanced position to forceably drive a returnable item received in the recess out of the recess and to the first output.