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Tasmac sold 314.04 crore bottles of various sizes in the 2025-26 fiscal year. The tender covers all Tasmac retail outlets, attached bars and licensed FL-2, FL-3, FL-11 and allied premises in the state. As of August, the state-run liquor retailer had 4,048 shops, including 1,409 outlets with attached bars. Handheld collection devices are to be deployed at 500 stores within one month of signing the agreement with the contract firm, at 2,000 stores within two months and at all Tasmac outlets within three months. Automated collection machines are scheduled to be installed at 500 stores within three months, 1,000 within four months, 3,000 within five months and at all Tasmac outlets and on FL-2 and FL-3 premises within six months. Under the current scheme, consumers pay Rs 10 over and above the maximum retail price of a bottle and receive the amount back when they return the empty container.
The proposed system will replace the existing manual bottle buyback arrangement, which was introduced following directions issued by Madras high court in a batch of environment-related petitions. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Chennai | Silver Rate in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai | Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Petrol Price in Chennai | Diesel Price in Chennai | CNG Price in Chennai | LPG Price in Chennai Stay updated with the latest Chennai news.
“Under the proposed technology-enabled system, consumers will be able to return empty liquor containers at designated collection points and receive an incentive of Rs 10 per container through instant digital payments, including UPI,” said an official. “The amount collected and not reimbursed have been deposited in designated bank accounts in compliance with the directions of the high court, and the proceeds of sale of bottles so collected have been separately accounted for,” the Tasmac said. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) has invited bids to appoint a system operator to deploy and operate reverse vending machines for collecting empty liquor bottles and containers. The incentive will be disbursed from a separate account maintained by the commissionerate of prohibition and excise. Each eligible container will carry a unique serialised QR code. The code will be scanned when the bottle is sold and again when the empty container is returned. Consumers can return the container at any collection point, regardless of the outlet where it was purchased. The reverse vending machines will verify both the QR code and the physical container, prevent duplicate claims and initiate the incentive payment. The rollout is planned in six phases. Download the TOI App.