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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

M&S teams up with recycling tech group to trace plastic packaging

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Products featuring the tags will begin appearing on shelves in the next three months. Photograph: Marks and Spencer/PA

Marks & Spencer is teaming up with a recycling technology group to enable the retailer to trace what happens to its drinks bottles, cartons and other plastic packaging.

The Polytag system prints an invisible tag on to containers, which can be picked up by electronic readers located at recycling centres.

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