- Royal Mail is rolling out 3,500 solar-powered "postboxes of the future" across the UK.
- These innovative postboxes feature a digitally activated drop-down drawer for parcels as large as a shoebox.
- Customers will use the Royal Mail app to scan a barcode to activate the drawer and access tracking; these postboxes will come to major cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Sunderland.
- This represents the biggest transformation to the postbox in its 175-year history, following earlier trials
- The initiative aims to make posting and returning parcels more convenient, especially for online shopping and second-hand marketplaces.
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