Digital kerbside DRS pilot proves popular with Welsh residents

During the joint initiative between digital DRS ‘tag and trace’ technology supplier Polytag, the Welsh Government, Conwy Council, Ecosurety and Wrap Cymru, 200+ residents in Colwyn Heights, Conwy were given six uniquely tagged Princes Gate mineral water bottles over a four-week period (covering June and July 2021), and asked to scan them when placing them in their usual kerbside recycling containers, using the mobile phone app.

The bottles were scanned again upon collection by Conwy County Borough Council’s household waste recycling team.

For each bottle scanned, householders received a digital token, each worth 20p.