Tag: Polytag

Polytag urges UK recycling sector to unite for a smarter, circular future

Stuart Mitchell

Polytag, a leading innovator in the recycling industry and world leader in tagging and tracing packaging, has issued a bold call to action for sector-wide collaboration to transform the UK’s struggling plastics recycling system. Launching a new whitepaper at an event attended by high-profile industry players, Polytag has outlined a practical, scalable blueprint for a circular economy, rooted in barcode-level traceability and next-generation sorting infrastructure – using technology that is already installed and delivering results today. The company is urging FMCG businesses and recyclers to act now, as policies such…

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Waitrose becomes the latest retailer to join Polytag’s Ecotrace Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Leading British supermarket chain, Waitrose & Partners, has become the latest major retailer to join Polytag’s Ecotrace Programme, an industry-led initiative aimed at transforming the tracking and recycling of single-use plastic packaging in the UK. As an Ecotrace member, Waitrose will gain access to the Polytag dashboard – an online hub which displays never-seen-before, live barcode-level lifecycle data on plastic packaging materials as they enter the recycling stream. Ecotrace – transforming the UK’s recycling sector The Ecotrace Programme was launched in the summer of 2024 to optimise the identification and…

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Polytag to provide traceability of 146,000 tonnes of waste in Wales

Stuart Mitchell

Polytag has recently announced the successful integration of four Polytag Plastic Detection Units at Material Recycling Facilities (MRFs) in Wales. The new sites in Conwy, Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire, and Anglesey mark a significant step in Polytag’s Ecotrace Programme, an industry-led initiative empowering brands, retailers, and waste management businesses with real-time data on the recycling of single-use plastic. The four units have joined Re-Gen’s MRF in Newry (Northern Ireland) and Biffa facilities in Edmonton and Teesside in the programme. Using Polytag’s technology brands will gain data visibility on the 146,000 tonnes of…

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