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A digital deposit return system, with no app and no account.

Together with Verhaert Masters in Innovation and Cegeka, Twintag was selected by OVAM and Fost Plus to pilot LitterBits, a Digital Deposit Return System against plastic litter in Belgium.

Hand scanning the code on a plastic bottle with a smartphone to claim a deposit

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Digital deposit return for beverage packaging

Flanders announced a deposit return system on plastic bottles and cans from 2025 and called for digital pilots to be tested by the end of 2023.

40%

of litter volume is PET bottles and cans

proofs of concept in Belgium

Could a digital system beat reverse vending machines?

Within an extremely tight time frame, the pilot had to prove a digital approach in closed, semi-closed and open environments.

Participant scanning a bottle at a LitterBits collection point

Cost and simplicity.

Offer a more cost-effective and streamlined alternative to conventional systems.

Accessibility.

Work for every consumer, whatever their age or ability.

Privacy and fraud.

Protect personal data and prevent deposits from being claimed twice.

Scan the bin, then scan the bottle.

An anonymous reimbursement flow lets users scan the QR code at a collection point, then capture the data matrix code on each can or bottle. Depending on implementation, it has the potential for more than 50% cost savings compared to reverse vending machines.