I don't think it's right that you can no longer dispose of the Tetra packs, as these products are also sold.
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2 years ago
lamahu
2 years ago
It would be great if you could offer organic whole milk in the white bottle in your online shop. This would enable our household to avoid a huge amount of waste from the BIO milk tetra packs. It would also be worth considering why two identical milks are offered in different packaging in the store! I'm talking about the BIO whole milk and milk drink.
Hello lamahu, thank you very much for your patience. During the promised clarifications, it turned out that the choice of packaging is left to the suppliers. It would be possible to switch to a standardized format, but it would take a long time (several years) and involve corresponding costs. We would have to pass on some of these costs to our customers. Whether we would accept the price increase is questionable. Nevertheless, we will gladly take your input on board and discuss it as part of the next product revision. Kind regards, Tabea
2 years ago
Sebastian_Migros
2 years ago
Hello @Sonja64 Migros is very keen to recycle packaging in an ecologically sound and high-quality manner. Where it makes ecological sense and is economically viable, the raw materials should be recycled and returned to the material cycles. However, Migros cannot currently offer to take back beverage cartons (Tetra Pak) for various reasons: Despite the new recycling plant, recycling beverage cartons has little additional environmental benefit and leads to very high additional costs. In addition, there would be temporary bottlenecks in logistics: In addition to the waste recyclables from the existing separate collections, we also have to transport millions of reusable containers and internal waste such as cardboard, plastics, etc. from the stores back to the 10 regional operations centers of the cooperatives. Therefore, with the expected return volumes in the retail trade, additional trips would have to be made with trucks to cope with the volume. However, Migros does not categorically reject the collection of beverage cartons. If the infrastructural, technical and financial hurdles can be overcome, the ecological balance improves and there is a great customer need, Migros will reconsider the introduction of a voluntary collection of beverage cartons. Best regards Sebastian
You could also work together with regional disposal centers. @Migros, you sell so many Tetra packs - they simply have to be recycled!
2 years ago
ensemen
2 years ago
You could also work together with regional disposal centers. @Migros, you sell so many Tetra packs - they simply have to be recycled!
People can collect them and bring them there themselves?
2 years ago
Dragonball
2 years ago
People can collect them and bring them there themselves?
When I see the queue of cars at our nearest disposal point, I know that it would be good if as much collection as possible took place exactly where you buy the items. In the store. Because that's where people are anyway, and it works for PET too. Why not with tetra packs?
2 years ago
ensemen
2 years ago
When I see the queue of cars at our nearest disposal point, I know that it would be good if as much collection as possible took place exactly where you buy the items. In the store. Because that's where people are anyway, and it works for PET too. Why not with tetra packs?
Hello ensemen, thank you for your inquiry. Migros is committed to the ecologically sound and high-quality recycling of packaging. Where it makes ecological sense and is economically viable, the raw materials should be recycled and returned to the material cycles. Migros does not currently offer a separate take-back service for drinks cartons or Tetra Paks. The recycling of drinks cartons has little additional environmental benefit and leads to high additional costs, but Migros does not categorically reject the collection of drinks cartons. It is constantly examining whether the infrastructural, technical and financial hurdles can be overcome, whether the ecological balance can be improved and also whether there is a major customer need. Beverage cartons are coated with aluminium and plastic and therefore cannot be collected. Beverage cartons already have a good environmental balance without recycling: The carton is made from renewable raw materials and Migros aims to procure packaging whose components are made from FSC-quality wood. Kind regards, Alex