Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--TOMRA to manufacture recognition units for a national deposit system for non-refillable beverage containers in Germany.

The DPG GmbH becomes active for the ranges in industry and trade, seized by the pledge obligation for one-way beverage packing.

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A goal is to win that with the entry into force of the pledge obligation broken down for the one-way beverage market as market back and in addition the conditions for a consumer-friendly, open, to ensure not discriminating and surface covering pledge system in Germany.

For this purpose the DPG GmbH took up the necessary work for a pledge and a uniform safety characteristic as well as an appropriate set of rules and system standard for the use of these characteristics. As contracting party for the safety procedure federal printering are intended. An appropriate preliminary agreement between the DPG GmbH and federal printering was closed today in Berlin.

TOMRA. In the interest of an integration of the automat manufacturers the DPG GmbH will arrange the following measure: Federal printering will put altogether twenty prototypes of the recognition units to the automat manufacturers participating in the field test together with fitting instruction on hire for the duration of the field test at the disposal.

In summary, DPG was recently founded to establish and administer a national deposit system for non-refillable beverage containers in Germany. An important pillar in such a system is the security marking of deposit containers. DPG has signed a pre-contract with Bundesdruckerei to deliver such a security solution. TOMRA is Bundesdruckerei's partner in this endeavour.

A field test will be held whereby Bundesdruckerei will provide twenty recognition units - manufactured by TOMRA - available for testing purposes. During the course of the field test 50 million beverage containers will be marked with the security marking and be read by the recognition units. The system specifications will be open and made available to system suppliers.

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The DPG GmbH and federal printering will continue the negotiations for a general contract, already begun, with the goal of arriving as fast as possible at a conclusion of a contract.

TOMRA designs and operates cost-effective systems that make it attractive for people to return used beverage containers for reuse or recycling.

Reverse vending machines, or RVMs for short, are automated machines that utilize advanced technology to identify, sort, collect and process used beverage containers. In most cases, RVMs are used in markets that have deposits on beverage containers, offering an efficient and convenient method of identifying the deposit amount of each container returned and providing a refund to the customer.

TOMRA currently has over 50,000 RVMs installed in 40 countries on four continents. In pursuing its mission of Helping the world recycle, TOMRA maintains a strong commitment throughout the organization to ensuring that its activities contribute positively to society and the environment.