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
Waste oil
What should you do with old cooking or engine oil? Under no circumstances should it go down the drain!
What?
This belongs in the recycling
Frying, cooking and engine oils.
This does not belong in the recycling
Petrol, fuel, paints.
Important
Good for multiple uses: cooking oil that you have used for frying or deep-frying can be used several times.
Where?
You can dispose of waste oil here
You can dispose of waste oil directly in your local municipality.
How?
How waste oil is recycled
Depending on the quality of the oil, there are two recycling routes. Poorer quality oil, such as waste oil and cooking oil, is used as secondary fuel in the cement industry. Oil of sufficiently good quality ends up in refineries in Germany. Around 65% of new oil products are obtained here, such as raw materials for lubricating oil manufacturers. The rest is used as industrial oil, water or for own consumption.
Did you know?
Oil must be collected separately, as disposal via the sewage system causes problems with wastewater treatment. To protect the sewage system, please wipe oily or greasy cookware with household paper before washing 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.
