15 Mar 2022 --- More than 50 organizations in Switzerland have signed the “Closing cycles for plastic packaging and beverage cartons” pact, which marks the start of constructing a national collection system for plastic packaging and beverage cartons. As part of the Collection 2025 project, organizations along the entire value chain are working on a circular economy for plastic packaging and beverage cartons – from packaging producers, brand owners and retailers to recyclers and disposers. The pact represents a move away from a linear system toward an environmentally sustainable circular economy, says Swiss Recycling.Rahel Ostgen, project manager at Collection 2025 tells PackagingInsights: “During 2022, the project team (Swiss Recycling and REDILO) together with partners are creating the prerequisites for a coordinated system throughout Switzerland.”Furthermore, Ostgen highlights the system’s implementation will be possible from 2023 onward while “the broad involvement of the stakeholders is important.” Swiss Recycling stresses the aim is to introduce a Switzerland-wide harmonized, cost and eco-efficient, consumer-friendly and coordinated recycling management system for plastic packaging and beverage cartons.The pact signatories say they are committed to important circular economy principles, such as the consistent application of design for recycling guidelines, and want to set a “clear signal” for the vision of a circular economy for packaging in Switzerland by 2030.
