Developers to use NFC to give reusable plastic containers unique digital identities

DATE: Thu, Sep 25, 2025
PUBLICATION: NFCW

A UK-based consortium is to investigate the use of ultra-low-cost NFC technology to give individual items of reusable plastic packaging a unique digital identity (UDI) in order to track them across each package’s lifecycle, encourage their reuse and enable the development of a scalable packaging-as-a-service infrastructure.