Recycling
What can’t be recycled
Cardboard can obviously be recycled, but unfortunately not all types. We explain what can and can’t be recycled.
Recycling Guide
CDs and DVDs
Disused CDs and DVDs are too valuable to waste. If you dispose of your CDs and DVDs correctly, they can be used for something completely different.
What?
These items belong in the recycling
Old CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
These items do not belong in the recycling
CD/DVD protective sleeves, records, cassettes, MP3 players.
Important
Separate ways – dispose of your CDs and DVDs separately from the plastic casing and booklet, as this is the only way to ensure that all the raw materials used are recycled correctly.
Where?
Places where you can dispose of CDs and DVDs
You’ve been able to return CDs and DVDs to the collection point or Customer Service at all of our stores since 2012. The insertion slots are equipped with shark’s teeth or sandpaper to ensure that your data is destroyed.
You can hand over your discarded CDs and DVDs at the till in small stores without an insertion slot.
Find a branch near you
How?
How CDs and DVDs are recycled
CDs and DVDs are mainly made of polycarbonate – a high-quality and relatively expensive plastic. The recovered recycled material is used to make new products for the computer and car industries, among others.
(Source: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/umwelttipps-fuer-den-alltag/haushalt-wohnen/cds-dvds und https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/abfall/abfallwegweiser-a-z/cds-und-dvds.html)
Did you know?
The production process for CDs and DVDs is energy-intensive, expensive and based on non-renewable raw materials. The use of polycarbonate as a secondary raw material helps reduce CO2 emissions and cut oil consumption.
reDisc CD recycling: What is it?
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.
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Recycling
Recycle rather than throw away
You can recycle old credit cards, empty nail varnish bottles, spent e-cigarettes and much more. How it works.
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.
Recycling
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.
Environmental footprint
Better than their reputation
The coffee capsule is more environmentally friendly than many people think.
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
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.
