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Why do reusable cup schemes fail? Tony McGurk shares 10 lessons on deposits, returns, RFID, customer friction and designing reuse systems that work.

Reusable cup hire can make switching from single-use simple. But repeated hire, loss and washing charges can add up. Learn what venues should consider.

Blenheim Palace and the Eden Project have switched permanently to returnable cups with re-universe, removing around 620,000 single-use cups a year.

The re-universe returns platform makes returning items for reuse or recycling effortless, while giving industry transparency, data and insights.

re-universe won the Cleantech Isle of Man Innovation Award 2024 for its project to eliminate single-use cups and make the island a leader in reusable cups.

Blenheim Palace removes 500,000 single-use cups a year using re-universe’s digital returns system and Circular&Co. smart cups, saving 30 tonnes of CO2.

Blenheim Palace removes 400,000 single-use cups a year with re-universe: deposit-based returnable cups with RFID and QR codes for easy returns and refunds.

The re-universe returns platform makes it easy for people to return items for reuse or recycling, providing transparency, data and insights.

A practical guide to VAT on returnable reusable cup schemes: how deposits and refunds should be treated and accounted for by venues and operators.

Pioneering digital reuse and recycling projects with evian, Wimbledon, Blenheim Palace and Sainsbury's

Our Chairman Tony McGurk chats to FMCG CEO Magazine about DRS Deficiencies and why digitalDRS is the right solution

A look back at a breakthrough year of digital reuse and recycling with evian, Wimbledon, Blenheim Palace and Sainsbury’s, and new CEO Doug Morwood.

Return4Reward is evian's first-ever digital recycling reward scheme, taking place within Wimbledon grounds and town centre.

A real-world Dublin trial tested whether people would use a digital deposit return system through household recycling, with a reported 94% return rate.

Explores how digital transformation is reshaping society across retail, work, and recycling, emphasizing innovation over tradition in deposit return schemes.

Discusses the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how a chance conversation led to the creation of CryptoCycle

Reward4Waste is an app-based recycling solution - a unique digital deposit return scheme, or digital DRS, that brings many benefits

Reward4Waste is an app-based digital deposit return scheme that uses blockchain and AI to track items through the circular economy.

Tony McGurk discusses Reward4Waste, a digital deposit return scheme for the UK, in Materials Recycling World interview

Celebration of Reward4Waste achievements in 2020, including successful trial launch with Bryson Recycling and Mid & East Antrim Borough Council

A four-month trial in Whitehead, Northern Ireland tested digital recording and rewarding of recycling, with research by Queen’s University Belfast.