A digital deposit return scheme, or digital DRS, refers to a type of DRS design that gives consumers the ability to scan a serialised code on a drinks container using a smartphone app to redeem a financial deposit.
The consumer would then place the container in their existing kerbside recycling bin instead of having to travel to a return point to redeem the deposit, such as an in-store reverse vending machine, like with a traditional scheme.
Do you think a digital DRS is feasible?
At Resource Conference Cymru, industry experts will answer if a digital DRS is the next step on Wales’s reuse journey.
Following a sold out 2023 event, the CIWM event is returning to Cardiff where panellists will discuss the results of recent digital DRS trials and ask: has it been a glowing success or a one hit wonder?