OREANDA-NEWS. In the near future a new generation of seals will change wax and lead ones traditional for post. Postal employees will use plastic seals with barcodes for сontainers and returnable boxes aimed for items temporary keeping and transporting. When scanning the barcode its number is automatically held in computer, reported the press-centre of Russian Post. The novelty helps to avoid mistakes related to "human factor", make sorting process automated, simplify and reduce time for preparation of documentation and improve operators’ working conditions. Barcode technology gives extra opportunity to control all stages of sorting and transporting processes. It also speeds up the first mentioned one that allows for higher delivery speed. Samples of seals with barcode ID-number have successfully passed the test on tamper response security.