Website launched to help people find beverage container return machines for 10-cent refund
The Straits Times
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SINGAPORE - Consumers can now visit https://returnright.sg to find the nearest machine to return their beverage containers and redeem their 10-cent deposits.
The website will also indicate the machines’ capacity status and their operating hours.
Launched ahead of the roll-out of the Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) on April 1, the website will allow people to find 1,070 machines placed at supermarkets, hawker centres and other high-footfall areas.
More than 90 per cent of HDB households will be within a five-minute walk of a machine.
Another 160 machines will be gradually deployed after April 1, and people can also get updates on their locations via the website. The aim is to have 2,000 machines deployed across Singapore in the first year of the scheme.
The website was announced by the scheme’s operator, BCRS Ltd, on March 18, which is Global Recycling Day.
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