01 — Partners
It takes a network to close a loop.
Printers who put the tag on the pack. Platforms that extend what a scan can do. Recyclers who read it, the apps that reward it, and the standards bodies who keep it open. Nobody closes a loop alone, so we built the programme around partners.
Print
Scan & sort
Recycle
Reward
Every partner plays a position on the same loop.
The rails · GS1 · DDRS Alliance
Open standards, end to end
Polytag is a platform ecosystem. Connect the partners you need and build the customer experience you imagine. The limit is your imagination, not the technology. We've built enough of these ecosystems to make yours work first time.
02 — Printing & labelling
They put it on the pack.
From food-grade UV inks to fully recyclable labels and inkless laser codes on foil, our print network means the technology goes on with the label, not after it.
Saica Flex
Paragon Inks
Interket
Limpet Labels
Windmill
MCC
DataLase
Videojet
03 — Technology
They extend what the code can do.
Zappar
AR and interactive scan experiences layered on the Smart QR Code.
Pellenc ST
Pellenc ST, intelligent and connected sorting for the recycling industry
Case study →04 — Rewards & loyalty
They make every scan rewarding.
Reward partners help turn a scan or return into cashback, deposits, loyalty and customer engagement, so the experience can fit the scheme rather than one recycling journey.
Plovie
Formerly Bower
Zappit
Vela
05 — Recycling & waste
They close the loop.
Detection lives where the material actually goes. These are the operators reading invisible tags on live sortation lines, at full throughput.
Biffa
Kerbside collection and MRF detection across the UK.
SUEZ
Re-Gen Waste
N+P Group
Sherbourne Recycling
Pearce Recycling
Citeo
French EPR scheme partnership on tag detection.
Case study →
Welsh Government
Ecoembes
The Ecotrace Programme
Many of these partnerships operate through Ecotrace, the industry-led programme building the UK's national detection network. Designed by the industry, for the industry.
06 — Standards & industry bodies
They keep it open.
GS1
Global standards body. The Smart QR Code is GS1 approved and the UV Tag is GS1-standard.
DDRS Alliance
Digital deposit return scheme trials and standards.
Independent MRF Group
Representing the UK's sortation operators.
RECOUP
Plastics recycling research and industry guidance.
Ecosurety
Compliance scheme, evidence-led EPR reporting.
Our partners allow us to rapidly scale impact for clients, they're essential to our collective success.