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Switzerland: battle plastic recycling extends:
Plastic waste
The battle of recycling extends to French -speaking Switzerland – Switzerland: battle plastic recycling extends
RECYPAC is ready to open recovery points for laundry plastic bottles. Nevertheless, Migros does not plan to change his own. In addition, Coop lets doubt.
In a German -up kitchen. Nevertheless, paid bags for recycling PE plastic bottles (such as shampoo, milk, cleaning products) and drinks bricks intended to be deposited in a recypac tray.
Recypac
- The new Paying RECYPAC system replaces free collection at Coop in German -speaking Switzerland.
- Consumers will still be able to recycle their plastics at Migros for free.
- RECYPAC switzerland: battle plastic recycling extends plans to set up its first collection points in French -speaking Switzerland.
Disappointment at the recycling points of certain German -style coop. Moreover, Customers can no longer get rid of their plastic bottles for free at the store entrance. For example, The planned bins give way to those marked with the RECYPAC logo.
The difference? In addition, Launched at the start of the year. the new network Recycling of plastic requires that the bottles of milk, shampoo and other detergents (PE type) – but also drinking bricks – be gathered in paid ad hoc bags. The smallest, 17 liters, is 1 franc.
An “unfair” decision, whine the overseas press. Because conscientious consumers will always be able to throw their bottles into PE in the neighboring Migros. which continues to offer free switzerland: battle plastic recycling extends collection. In parallel to that proposed by Recypac. of which it is among the partners – alongside Lidl, Aldi, Nestlé, Unilever, but also of Coop.
First collection points
An additional layer of complexity in cooking waste management, which will soon catch up with French -speaking Switzerland. RECYPAC must first extend to it by municipality – by winning concessions. This could then allow Coop to accommodate its bins at the entrance to its local store.
Reason for this delay? The Romandie remained too far from the main reprocessing centers of these plastics – in Rheinfelden. Germany, or in Lustenau, Austria. Except that recypac signed a sorting contract with Leo Recycle in Grandson (VD) in early May.
“We are in contact with several cities. municipalities in French-speaking Switzerland and can confirm switzerland: battle plastic recycling extends that we will open the first collection points in the coming weeks,” confirms a spokesperson for the collection network. What will allow Coop to embrace, in its stores? Within the distribution group we answer “not being able to decide”.
No recypac in French migros
Well, but, by the way, Migros? Contacted the orange giant says it is committed to its customers to have a plastics recovery system “as complete. as possible”. Clearly, that the recovery of PE plastic bottles “remains possible in stores that offer this service”.
In parallel Migros. however, also started to install recypac bag collection points in certain cities such as Bern as well as Zurich and its surroundings – notably Horgen or certain communes of the limmattal. Coire, Saint-Gall and other cities in Eastern Switzerland will follow in the fall.
“For the moment. no transition to the RECYPAC system is planned in French-speaking Switzerland, free recovery from plastic packaging remains unchanged,” said a spokesperson.
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