Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi are among the retailers to trial the biggest digital recycling scheme to date.
The three-month trial, which offers customers financial incentives will first kick off in Welshpool, Powys in September and covers 3,000 households and almost 800 SKUs sold by retailers in the Welsh town.
As a result, customers will be offered a 10p reward for recycling drinks containers, which they claim through an app.
However, according to The Grocer, the digital deposit return scheme will be the first to include glass and carton recycling.
Users will be able to scan products before they are recycled both through kerbside collections and at collection points in the Big 4 grocer’s and discount retailer‘s sites.
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Those who take part in the trial will not have to pay a deposit for the products, however, if the scheme is introduced more widely they would.
Duncan Midwood, CEO of Circularity Solutions, who is leading the trial for the DDRS Alliance, said the trial is expected to see a return of 200,000 items.
Midwood added that this could be a “landmark moment” in the development of digital recycling schemes.
The move comes as the UK government is expected to unveil further plans for deposit returns schemes.
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