How do you recycle correctly?
Our Recycling Guide
The best waste is that which isn’t produced in the first place. That’s clear. But what happens when it does? Our Recycling Guide shows you how to dispose of your packaging and products correctly.
How to do it right
Together for more recycling
Recycling protects the climate and conserves the Earth’s natural resources. That’s why we want to do our bit together with you.
All Stories
Recycling is king
But PET can be produced from CO2
Millions of PET bottles are used every day. Most of these are recycled multiple times. However, given that this still requires new plastic, Migros uses an innovative method to produce PET from CO₂.
Am I actually disposing of this properly?
The Big Recycling Quiz
Test your knowledge about pizza boxes, frying oil and so on, and find out some fascinating facts about recycling.
M-Check
How sustainable are my pans?
How environmentally friendly are a product's materials and to what extent can they be recycled? Two new M-Check categories provide this information for the Migros household range. For example, for pans.
Packaging and recycling
The Handy bottle made from ocean plastic
Orange Handy washing-up liquid has long had cult status. Now it has a sibling: Handy Fresh Ocean, in a bottle made from plastic waste.
Household
What you should know about batteries
We use them every day, but how much do you really know about batteries? What are they made of? Why can't you put them in the bin? How are they recycled? We have the answers.
Recycling with Migros plastic collection bags
Collect plastic instead of throwing it away
Give plastic packaging a new life – with Migros plastic collection bags.
Recycling coffee capsules
Cold coffee? As if.
Recycle coffee capsules? Logical and sustainable. We have a solution for every taste.
Take-away lunch box
Reusability adds value
Eating from one of our take-away lunch boxes conserves resources and reduces waste each time you have a meal, as they can be reused hundreds of times.
Avoid plastic and waste
Four tips on more environmentally friendly shopping
For the sake of the environment, use less plastic and avoid waste. That is not always easy. But we can all make a big difference with a few simple things – starting with your next shopping trip.
Recycling
Can you see the difference between these containers?
The ice cream on the left is in a conventional plastic cup and the one on the right in a new one made of pure polypropylene. You don’t understand? We will explain just what a major impact this seemingly small difference can make.
DNA
Migros does all this for Switzerland
It's an important job machine, protects the environment and demonstrates a commitment to society on several fronts. The figures behind this.
Recycling
How to dispose of waste glass properly
How to do it correctly – even when you are unsure!