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PragmatIC Receives £1.3 Million Contract from UK Government Sustainable Innovation Fund

PragmatIC said its ultra-low-cost RFID will enable rewarding recycling and packaging re-use.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

PragmatIC was awarded a £1.3 million contract from the UK Government Sustainable Innovation Fund for a state-of-the-art recycling scheme based on PragmatIC’s ultra-low-cost NFC technology.    In an initiative code-named SPRITE (Sustainable Plastics Recycling Innovation by Tagging Electronically), PET bottles and refillable packaging will be given unique digital IDs to support automated identification and recycling.   Worldwide more than one million plastic bottles are made per minute and...

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