RVM Systems – making the process easier for retailers
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
As we approach this year’s Neighbourhood Retailer Awards, we are delighted to share our wonderful sponsors in our special feature, Sponsor Spotlight. Here, we find out more about our sponsor RVM Systems, who is sponsoring the Sustainability Champion of the Year award.
For more than 30 years, RVM Systems has been helping shoppers return their empty drinks containers quickly and easily.
Founded in Sweden, the company now supplies reverse vending machines to more than 40 markets, and in 2025 its machines collected over 20 billion containers.
With the UK Deposit Return Scheme launching in October 2027, including in Northern Ireland, that experience is set to make a real difference on the high street. Shoppers will buy a drink, return the empty and get their deposit back, and neighbourhood retailers will play a central part in making that simple.
RVM Systems offers machines to suit stores of every size, from compact freestanding units such as the X2 and the eXtend 200 to modular and bulk feed systems. Every machine is accessible, features a 21.5-inch screen and connects to the MyRVM app, so retailers can check fill levels and faults without being on site.
Northern Ireland also has a useful example on its doorstep. Since Ireland’s Re-turn scheme launched in February 2024, the recycling rate for in-scope containers has risen from 49% to over 90%, with more than 3 billion containers returned. RVM Systems continues to learn from that experience and is keen to share it with retailers here.
“Independent retailers are the heart of their communities, and for many people they will be the first place to return their containers,” said Stewart Vincent, Managing Director of RVM Systems UK.
“Our job is to make that simple, with equipment that is reliable, easy to use and properly supported, so retailers can focus on what they do best, looking after their customers.”
RVM Systems is delighted to support the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Retailer Awards, celebrating the difference local retailers make in their communities every day.
