Return device for empty containers, in particular empty boxes, bottles and/or cans, comprising: a transport belt for transporting empty containers, and at least one deflector device for diverting at least one selected empty container which is being transported in a transport direction on the transport belt, wherein the deflector device is arranged in such a way, with respect to the outer and upper face of an upper belt portion of the transport belt, that the deflector device can be rotated between a starting position and an operating position, wherein the deflector device is rotated in the starting position in such a way that it allows empty containers being transported on the transport belt to pass through, and is rotated onto the transport belt in the operating position in such a way that at least one selected empty container being transported on the transport belt can be guided down from the transport belt and removed while the transport belt can be moved onwards in the transport direction, the deflector device being arranged alongside the transport belt perpendicular to the outer and upper face of the upper belt portion of the transport belt, and the deflector device having two deflection rollers on which a circulating deflector transport belt is provided, at least one of the deflection rollers additionally being formed to be rotatable by means of a motor, the motor being coupled to the deflection roller by a coupling device, the deflector device being rotatable by means of a further motor, the deflector device being coupled to the further motor by a further coupling device to rotate the deflector device between the starting position and the operating position, the deflection rollers of the deflector device being coupled at at least one end to an associated mounting device, the mounting device and the deflection rollers connected thereto being connected to a fastening plate element, the first and second motors (23, 25) being provided on the fastening plate element, the mounting device being coupled to a stop element which is rotated together with the mounting device while being guided in a guide groove in the fastening plate element, and each of the two ends (31, 32) of the guide groove forming a stop for the stop element, the deflector device being in the starting position when the stop element has reached one end of the guide groove and the deflector device being in the operating position when the stop element has reached the other end of the guide groove. a transport belt for transporting empty containers, and at least one deflector device for diverting at least one selected empty container which is being transported in a transport direction on the transport belt, wherein the deflector device is arranged in such a way, with respect to the outer and upper face of an upper belt portion of the transport belt, that the deflector device can be rotated between a starting position and an operating position, wherein the deflector device is rotated in the starting position in such a way that it allows empty containers being transported on the transport belt to pass through, and is rotated onto the transport belt in the operating position in such a way that at least one selected empty container being transported on the transport belt can be guided down from the transport belt and removed while the transport belt can be moved onwards in the transport direction, the deflector device being arranged alongside the transport belt perpendicular to the outer and upper face of the upper belt portion of the transport belt, and the deflector device having two deflection rollers on which a circulating deflector transport belt is provided, at least one of the deflection rollers additionally being formed to be rotatable by means of a motor, the motor being coupled to the deflection roller by a coupling device, the deflector device being rotatable by means of a further motor, the deflector device being coupled to the further motor by a further coupling device to rotate the deflector device between the starting position and the operating position, the deflection rollers of the deflector device being coupled at at least one end to an associated mounting device, the mounting device and the deflection rollers connected thereto being connected to a fastening plate element, the first and second motors (23, 25) being provided on the fastening plate element, the mounting device being coupled to a stop element which is rotated together with the mounting device while being guided in a guide groove in the fastening plate element, and each of the two ends (31, 32) of the guide groove forming a stop for the stop element, the deflector device being in the starting position when the stop element has reached one end of the guide groove and the deflector device being in the operating position when the stop element has reached the other end of the guide groove.