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Recycling with added value.

Packaging. Recovery. Responsibility.
The challenge facing companies today is not only to produce sustainable packaging, but also to meet all legal requirements throughout its entire life cycle – from design to take-back to reporting.

Circular resource management is about much more than just separating waste. It involves obligations, system participation, data reporting, compliance – and the crucial question:
How can we realise a circular economy in a practical and efficient way?
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Packaging recycling

Make sound decisions. Plan ahead with confidence.

  • Greater clarity about your obligations
  • Reliable processes to enable long-term planning
  • Reliable data for a better overview
  • Sustainability thanks to a closed-loop solution
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For a waste-free future.

Our planet’s resources are limited.
That is why recycling has an increasingly important role to play in any forward-looking company strategy. Instead of generating waste, circular resource management creates new added value – both environmentally and economically. By using residual materials as raw materials, a company can reduce costs, strengthen its market position and protect the environment.

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Recycling with added value.

Recycling has long since ceased to be a side issue and is now integral to responsible corporate governance. Companies that recycle resources don’t just create environmental value; they also gain credibility, stability and future security.
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Packaging.

A sustainable, circular system begins with the right packaging. Your packaging must be legally compliant, efficient and environmentally friendly, so that you can operate in the market confidently, cost-effectively and sustainably.
  • Optimised packaging solutions
  • Legal certainty in relation to all packaging regulations
  • Advice on packaging design for recycling
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Recovery.

By taking back and recycling your packaging, you are helping to recover resources from waste. How you can close the loop:
  • Comprehensive disposal and recovery solutions
  • Traceable processes for maximum transparency
  • Top-quality recycling to conserve resources
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Responsibility.

Taking responsibility for sustainability is more than just an obligation – it sends a signal to the wider world. With support, you can ensure that your efforts are clear and legally compliant.
  • Verifiable compliance with legal requirements
  • Assistance with sustainability and CSR reports
  • Communicating your successes to the wider world

What do you need to consider?

Your responsibility

Companies that package, distribute or import products must comply with national and EU-wide regulations governing the entire life cycle of the packaging – from its design and the use of recycled materials to its take-back and recycling.
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Your participation

Any business that packages, distributes or imports products in or into the EU must meet various legal obligations depending on the type of packaging and the distribution channel.

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Your take-back obligations

After use, packaging must be taken back and recycled properly, enabling companies to fulfil their obligations and contribute to the circular economy.


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Your recycling solution

Thanks to recycling solutions, packaging can be kept in circulation as a resource, waste reduced and the use of primary raw materials minimised.


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Your reporting

Transparent reporting allows you to keep track of packaging volumes, materials and their impacts, fulfil legal obligations and identify opportunities for greater efficiency and sustainability.

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    Certainty

    Reliability in a complex system. Expert advice is more than just a service. It provides certainty in an environment that’s full of rules and obligations. If you’re expected to comply with legal requirements, you need to be able to rely on clear answers and appropriate solutions. When someone helps you find solutions, it gives you certainty and makes it easier to shoulder responsibility.
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    Environmentally friendly

    Less plastic in rivers. Less litter on our streets. Less impact on nature and habitats. Every product that goes back into circulation makes a tangible contribution to reducing the pressures on our environment. Items that are collected, sorted and returned to the cycle don’t become waste – they become part of a solution that benefits us all.
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    Conservation of resources

    The more materials remain in circulation, the fewer need to be extracted or made. Recycling plastics instead of producing new ones not only saves energy and CO₂ emissions, it also protects limited resources. Every time we reuse something, we take a step towards a future in which we can achieve just as much while consuming less.
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