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QR codes for refill, reuse and pre-fill.
Give people a reason to return, refill or recycle. A scan can trigger a deposit, a reward or a reorder, and every return is tracked back to the product.
01 / serialised code · every cycle tracked
02 — The circular economy
Small square, big impact.
QR codes are the power behind the next generation of sustainable consumption: refill, reuse and pre-fill. They solve the hardest part, tracking, inventory and identification, with an interaction simple enough that people actually take part.
03 — What it does
Built for packs that come back.
Refill, reuse, pre-fill
QR codes are ideal for refill, reuse and pre-fill schemes alike.
Track every pack
Tracking, inventory and customer identification of packaging.
Reward the return
Identify customers who return packs, and apply loyalty rewards.
04 — How it works
Scan. Return. Reward. Repeat.
- Step 01A code on every bottleEach reusable bottle carries its own serialised QR code.
- Step 02Scan to returnCustomers scan for return guidance, then send the bottle back.
- Step 03Reward the returnA £1.50 gift card, for the customer who returned it.
- Step 04Track every cycleReturn rates, recovery and circulation, live in the dashboard.
05 — Viable and scalable
For reuse to scale, identifying, sorting and verifying a returned pack has to cost next to nothing. That is what one code on the pack does.
06 — In the field
Reusable bottles, tracked through every cycle.
Mallard Point, an English vineyard, puts serialised QR codes on its reusable bottles. Customers scan the code, send the bottle back prepaid and receive a £1.50 gift card; the bottle is cleaned and re-used. Mallard Point tracks real-time return data in the Polytag dashboard.
07 — Platform
Built from these features.
Live Lifecycle Data
Every return, every cycle, in real time.
Talk to Consumers
Return guidance and sustainability information, straight from the pack.
Rewards & Incentives
Discounts and rewards that bring the pack, and the customer, back.
Future-Proof Labels
Change what the code does without touching the pack.