The owners of RVM Systems acquire Redemption Centres Ltd.
RVM Systems acquired the company Redemption Centres Ltd for an undisclosed sum on the 27th May 2020, including all intellectual property and trademarks.
The acquisition of the company Redemption Centres Ltd enables RVM Systems to brand all “car park” solutions in the UK Deposit Return Scheme as Redemption Centre ®
Scotland Deposit Return Scheme
Scotland was the first part of the United Kingdom to announce that it is bringing in a deposit return scheme for drinks packaging. Scotland’s deposit return scheme will increase the quality of materials for recycling, the materials will be non contaminated, pure, separated and ready for recycling. The Scottish deposit return scheme (DRS) will improve recycling rates and reduce litter significantly.
Introduction to RVM Systems
- A main supplier of reverse vending solutions and high-speed counting solutions to DRS markets as well as other markets across the world
- Comprehensive range of RVMs of standalone types and modular customizable systems
- Headquarter in Sweden, R&D in Norway. Production in Estonia, own companies in Finland, France, Estonia, Romania and UK (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Anker Andersen, (Denmark Head quarter with German subsidiary) producer of high-speed large volume beverage container counting acquired by RVM Systems owner Färna Invest Autumn 2019
RVM Systems
Owned by Färna Invest
- Very stable and long term 100% privately owned company by Gerald Engström.
- Biggest holding Systemair Group, Turnover 8300 MSEK 2018/2019, 6016 employees, listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange
- Färna Invest is the biggest shareholder of our contract manufacturer HANZA Group. HANZA total turnover 2 300 MSEK, with 1,600 employees in six countries
Redemption Centre ® is a registered UK trademark
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Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme passed by Parliament
The Scottish Parliament voted today (Wednesday 13 May) to approve Regulations which will establish Scotland’s Deposit Scheme to boost recycling of single-use drinks containers.
Source : Zero Waste Scotland
This means that, on 1 July 2022, Scotland will join around 45 countries and territories around the world who operate a deposit return.
This timetable will give retailers and producers clarity on the future of deposit return in Scotland and more time to prepare.
The scheme will see people pay a 20p deposit on metal cans and PET plastic and glass bottles, refunded when they’re returned for recycling.
The final regulations, which were laid in the Scottish Parliament in March, maintain the ambitious approach to materials, with glass included alongside PET plastic and aluminium and steel. Following consultation with island communities, feedback from the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Committee and stakeholder input, the Scottish Government made changes to the regulations. These include a commitment to review the performance of the scheme by October 2026, including the deposit level, materials and the collection targets.
Now that the scheme has passed into law, details on how to apply to become a scheme administrator(s) that will run Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme will be available shortly.
Until the deposit return scheme is up and running, as Scotland continues to tackle coronavirus, consumers should follow the latest government and local authority advice on dealing with recycling and waste items.
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Tesco RVM installed 1 Year ago!
Our Reverse Vending Machine was installed in the Tesco Borehamwood store on the 27th September 2018.
The machine has been installed exactly one year ago today!
This installation was the very first (instore) RVM System in the UK , initially the RVM was set up to only receive Tesco own brand bottles upto 750ml rewarding the customer with 10 pence for every bottle retuned.
The initial trial allowed consumers to deposit a maximum of 10 bottles per customer, per day and only bottles up to 750ml in size could be deposited.
Tesco wanted to test “on the go” recycling to accept smaller bottles consumed “on the go” , due to public demand and the large volumes of bottles sold in UK Supermarkets over 750 ml Tesco opened the database enabling the RVM to accept any Tesco drinks bottle upto 3 litres!
Once the RVM System started to accept large bottles (upto 3 litres) the recycling figures increased dramatically !
The impact on store staff has been insignificant and the overall response from customers and store staff has been very positive, with many families changing their shopping habits to include saving bottles to return to the store on their next visit !
Tesco are very happy with the Borehamwood pilot and the RVM Systems team have enjoyed working Elliott and DRS Team at Tesco Head Office !
Here is the original Press Release :
Tesco trials money back on returned plastic bottles, and calls for a national approach to recycling
27 September 2018
Tesco has today announced further ways to make it simpler for customers to recycle and reuse plastic packaging, and stepped up its commitment to move to a closed loop packaging system. It also calls on Government to introduce a consistent nation-wide approach to recycling.
To encourage customers to recycle plastic bottles, Tesco has today begun trialling in-store recycling machines, which will pay customers for every plastic bottle returned. The trial will take place at selected stores in Borehamwood, Swansea, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham. The first machine opens for customers in Borehamwood today (27 September) and will pay 10p for bottles returned.
In addition, from 3 October customers will be able to reuse their own multi-use plastic containers when they buy meat, cheese or fish from deli and fish counters in UK stores. Instead of using single-use plastic bags, products will be weighed and wrapped in recyclable paper then placed inside the customer’s container with the price label placed on the paper.
Earlier this year Tesco announced its intention to simplify the number of materials it used in packaging to help improve the ease and rate of recyclability. It also highlighted the challenges of having different collection schemes in different local authority areas making it costly and confusing for customers to recycle.
Jason Tarry, UK and ROI CEO said:
“We are already committed to eliminating single use plastic wherever we can and make recycling simpler for customers. Today is another step in that direction
“However, we know that it is going to take retailers, manufacturers and government to work together to make progress. We would urge the government to move to a single, nationwide approach to waste collection that makes it much easier for people to recycle.”
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Tesco’s approach to packaging
Over 80% of the packaging on all our own brand Tesco products is recyclable depending on if the local authority collect it. As part of our Little Helps plan, we have made the following commitments:
- Making all packaging fully recyclable or compostable by 2025.
- Ensuring that all paper and board used will be 100% sustainable by 2025.
- Halving packaging weight by 2025 compared to 2007 levels.
www.tescoplc.com/little-helps-plan/products-packaging/
In May 2018, Tesco announced its commitment to remove, reduce, recover, reuse and recycle packaging.
We outlined three steps to achieve this:
- Materials and design: In collaboration with our suppliers, we can reduce and simplify the types of materials we use in our packaging so that less packaging is used and packaging is easier to recycle. We have reviewed every material used in our Own Brand packaging and as a result of our review and consultation process with our suppliers, we have developed a preferred material list for our product packaging.
- Recovery/recycling: This is one area we need greater innovation and there is opportunity for significant government leadership. Currently, the inconsistencies in infrastructure and recycling activities between councils make consumer education and closed loop systems impossible to build. We would welcome the creation of an integrated national collection of packaging and investment in innovative recycling facilities. This is essential to a holistic approach to packaging recycling. PRN reform is also a necessary part of the solution and we look to contributing to this process.
- Changing customer behaviour: Behaviour change can only be driven once a recognised and understood recycling infrastructure is in place. Getting this right will support consumer education and practice.
Reverse Vending Scheme
According to the results of a national poll by YouGov, nearly three quarters of Britons would be likely to return plastic bottles and aluminium cans under a Reverse Vending Scheme.
The first bottle trials will be limited to 10 bottles per customer, per day and up to 750ml bottles can be deposited.
Bring your own container
Following a successful trial in 10 stores, customers will be able to use their own containers at deli counters in over 700 UK stores.
Customers will not be able to use their own containers for:
- Hot food products such as cooked rotisserie chicken.
- Store prepared pizzas.
- The salad bar.
- Olives and antipasti.
Customers will need to bring separate containers for raw and ready-to-eat cooked products.
Customers can only use multi-use plastic sealable containers. No glass, metal or cardboard containers will be accepted.
The paper wrapping is 100% recyclable and biodegradable. Share tools
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In the News :
https://www.edie.net/news/5/Tesco-trials-in-store-reverse-vending-machines-for-plastic-bottles/
http://www.recyclingwasteworld.co.uk/news/tesco-trials-reverse-vending-machines/189754/
https://www.britishplastics.co.uk/Environment/tesco-launches-in-store-bottle-return-scheme/
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