Singapore’s BCRS will see a fully refundable deposit of 10-cent applied to all pre-packaged beverages sold in plastic and metal containers ranging from 150ml to 3L in size. Consumers simply return deposit-eligible containers to the nearest designated return point and reverse vending machine, in order to receive the refund of their 10-cent deposit via the designated payment platforms.
TOMRA’s contribution to Singapore’s Beverage Container Return Scheme
In its role as the Return Point Network Operator for the Central and North-Eastern regions of Singapore, TOMRA will install at least 350 reverse vending machines at mandated supermarkets with a floor area larger than 200m2, as well as in publicly-accessible spaces like town centers and residential buildings. Reverse vending machines automate the return of beverage containers, making returns more efficient and convenient than through manual handling.
As well as the deployment of state-of-the-art reverse vending infrastructure, TOMRA’s role will cover site acquisition and management, site cleaning and maintenance, and transportation of collected containers to the processing plant, which will be supported by local service provider Chye Thiam Maintenance.
TOMRA was founded on an innovation in 1972 that began with the design, manufacture and sale of the first fully-automated reverse vending machine for collecting used beverage containers. With an installed base of approximately 87,000 machines in over 60 markets, TOMRA facilitates the collection of more than 50 billion empty beverage containers each year. It provides return sites with an effective and efficient way of collecting, sorting and processing these containers.
