We need more products that are not wrapped in plastic, e.g. natural yogurt made of glass, drinks, etc. We don't always need more and more products, better sustainable and sensibly packaged.
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5 years ago
Bodenseeknusperli
5 years ago
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A question for Migros, you have the syrup bottles made of 100% recycled plastic, and you close the circle as you say. Why can't you do that for yoghurt pots? Or vegetable trays. Cookie packaging, etc.?
Hello Bodenseeknusperli I'll be happy to pass on your suggestion and get back to you as soon as I receive an answer from the specialist responsible for packaging. Kind regards Kathrin
5 years ago
Bodenseeknusperli
5 years ago
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A question for Migros, you have the syrup bottles made of 100% recycled plastic, and you close the circle as you say. Why can't you do that for yoghurt pots? Or vegetable trays. Cookie packaging, etc.?
Hello again Bodenseeknusperli I have received the following feedback from our environmental experts for you: "We have tens of thousands of different products in our range, which have to be packaged according to special criteria. Packaging must protect the product from damage and spoilage. Food that goes bad more quickly when exposed to light needs light-proof packaging, while others need to be guaranteed to be impermeable to air. Unfortunately, there is no universal material that meets all these and other requirements and can be recycled. For this reason, Migros still uses composite materials (various types of plastic) that cannot be recycled. The Mibelle Group has succeeded for the first time in producing a new bottle from collected plastic bottles such as shampoos, body lotions or milk bottles, thus completely closing the PE bottle cycle. For this pioneering achievement, the Migros company received the Swiss Packing Award in 2019 - the Oscar of the packaging industry." Kind regards Kathrin
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5 years ago
Kathrin_Migros
5 years ago
Hello again Bodenseeknusperli I have received the following feedback from our environmental experts for you: "We have tens of thousands of different products in our range, which have to be packaged according to special criteria. Packaging must protect the product from damage and spoilage. Food that goes bad more quickly when exposed to light needs light-proof packaging, while others need to be guaranteed to be impermeable to air. Unfortunately, there is no universal material that meets all these and other requirements and can be recycled. For this reason, Migros still uses composite materials (various types of plastic) that cannot be recycled. The Mibelle Group has succeeded for the first time in producing a new bottle from collected plastic bottles such as shampoos, body lotions or milk bottles, thus completely closing the PE bottle cycle. For this pioneering achievement, the Migros company received the Swiss Packing Award in 2019 - the Oscar of the packaging industry." Kind regards Kathrin
Hello, the same old calculation again, I would like to see a cost calculation that includes the environmental damage caused by plastic waste, compare it to glass..... And now I hope for open/transparent cost calculations and an end to the fairy tale hours, if really ALL costs are calculated on PET and finally an undisputed environmental damage contribution MUST be settled, the discussion is over....
5 years ago
Bodenseeknusperli
5 years ago
Edited
A question for Migros, you have the syrup bottles made of 100% recycled plastic, and you close the circle as you say. Why can't you do that for yoghurt pots? Or vegetable trays. Cookie packaging, etc.?
I just saw an advertisement somewhere else: Valser bottles are supposedly also made from 100% recycled PET bottles... So PET bottles should cause zero problems with recycling? (Taste is still different, glass is simply better)
5 years ago
Bodenseeknusperli
5 years ago
Brushing off praise doesn't exactly make contributions likeable if you don't go one step further and rest on your laurels, pardon. On the subject: and why can't yoghurt pots be made of the material for which Mibelle was awarded.m the great pioneer, innovative and quite supidipi? That wasn't quite clear to me, despite all the words. But thanks for clarifying and hopefully clearing things up.
Hello @Bodenseeknusperli Migros uses a variety of different plastic packaging for its products. This is because, depending on the product, special material properties (permeability, stability, color, etc.) are required for optimum storage, safe transport or appropriate presentation. Unfortunately, PE recycling technology is not yet so advanced that PE recyclate would be suitable for food packaging. Food packaging must meet high quality requirements in order to guarantee food safety. With PET, on the other hand, there has long been a closed bottle cycle that makes it possible to produce beverage bottles from PET recyclate again - for example, Migros syrup bottles made from 100% PET recyclate. Best regards Sebastian
5 years ago
Traberli
5 years ago
I just saw an advertisement somewhere else: Valser bottles are supposedly also made from 100% recycled PET bottles... So PET bottles should cause zero problems with recycling? (Taste is still different, glass is simply better)
@Traberli That's right, in Switzerland a very high-quality cycle is practiced when recycling PET beverage bottles: PET beverage bottles are turned into new PET beverage bottles. Since April 2019, all Migros syrup bottles have been made from 100% recycled PET and Aproz mineral water bottles are made from up to 60% recycled PET. This is a very sensitive cycle that must not be disturbed by foreign substances. For this reason, detergent, cleaning agent, oil, vinegar and cosmetic bottles as well as trays for meat and cold cuts etc. should not be disposed of at the PET collection point, even if they are made of PET Best regards, Sebastian