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Marks and Spencer announces major change to items in bid to 'reduce costs'
OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, JUL 17 – Marks and Spencer is using invisible ultraviolet tags to track recycling and improve compliance with new Extended Producer Responsibility rules, aiming to reduce costs and boost recycling rates.
- Marks and Spencer has added invisible ultraviolet tags to its four-pint milk bottles available nationwide to track recycling.
- This introduction aligns with new regulations that hold companies accountable for covering the costs associated with managing packaging waste.
- The tags, developed by Polytag, enable real-time, barcode-level tracking of packaging from shelf to recycling sorting facilities.
- Polytag’s Ecotrace programme, supported by M&S’s £100,000 investment, aims to enhance sustainability tracking and regulatory compliance.
- M&S expects these tags to reduce EPR compliance costs, provide live recycling data, and help customers make more sustainable choices.
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perspectivemedia.comM&S introduces invisible UV tags to track packaging through recycling system
The supermarket is the first to roll out the packaging tags on shop shelves.
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M&S Becomes First Retailer To Use UV-Tagged Packaging To Track Recycling
Packaging and recycling technology firm Polytag has revealed that Marks & Spencer has become the first retailer to bring invisible UV tags to stores after applying them to its four-pint milk products. Invisible to consumers, Polytag’s UV tags have been (more…) The post M&S Becomes First Retailer To Use UV-Tagged Packaging To Track Recycling appeared first on KamCity.
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