I don't think it's right that you can no longer dispose of the Tetra packs, as these products are also sold.
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
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!
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?
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?
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
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
The city of Zurich writes: "With comprehensive beverage carton recycling, as much wood could be saved in Switzerland every year as would grow back on 11,000 football pitches. Beverage cartons consist of around 75% cardboard (wood fibers) and 25% polyethylene-aluminum mixture. The cardboard fibers of a beverage carton can be used for the production of paper towels or corrugated cardboard packaging, for example. The remaining plastic-aluminum mixture can be used to make paper and soap dispensers and much more."
Migros, you could take away the Tetra packs in the same way as the plastic containers and recycle them. The city of Zurich accepts the packaging free of charge, but people who don't live in the city still dispose of Tetra in their household waste, which is not good.
And otherwise please only sell your iced tea in PET bottles. I only buy this drink in Tetra packs.
At the time, I bought recycling bags from Migros that were specifically intended for plastic AND drinks cartons. Just yesterday I threw in a full bag, which therefore also contained drinks cartons. Why can't I find any information on the Migros website about the fact that drinks cartons can apparently no longer be returned? This is news to me.
At the time, I bought recycling bags from Migros that were specifically intended for plastic AND drinks cartons. Just yesterday I threw in a full bag, which therefore also contained drinks cartons. Why can't I find any information on the Migros website about the fact that drinks cartons can apparently no longer be returned? This is news to me.
Well, I only know it the other way round: you were never allowed to put drinks cartons in the Migros plastic collection bags. This is only now possible with the new Recy-Bag, which Migros sells (and accepts) in Zurich and elsewhere instead of its own bags.
https://www.recybag.ch/de/home#sammeln
Well, I only know it the other way round: you were never allowed to put drinks cartons in the Migros plastic collection bags. This is only now possible with the new Recy-Bag, which Migros sells (and accepts) in Zurich and elsewhere instead of its own bags.
https://www.recybag.ch/de/home#sammeln
You were only allowed to do this at the Migros Genossenschaft Aare, as I found out when I did some research. I still have a remaining stock of these bags. What do I do with them now? Unfortunately there is no information to be found.
At the time, I bought recycling bags from Migros that were specifically intended for plastic AND drinks cartons. Just yesterday I threw in a full bag, which therefore also contained drinks cartons. Why can't I find any information on the Migros website about the fact that drinks cartons can apparently no longer be returned? This is news to me.
Hello Sirio60
Thank you for your message and for your commitment to recycling!
Don't worry, you can still dispose of drinks cartons via our collection systems. Both the RecyBag sacks and the Bring Plastic Back sacks are suitable for collecting drinks cartons.
You can find out where you can return the bags on the respective websites:
RecyBag: https://www.recypac.ch/de/mitmachen/sammlung-mit-dem-recybag
Bring Plastic Back: https://www.sammelsack.ch/
We are sorry if the information on our website was not clear enough.
We take your feedback seriously and are looking into how we can communicate this better.
Best regards Laurina
