Incentive
The Verein PET-Recycling Schweiz was founded in 1990 and has been engaged in collecting PET drink bottles since the Beverage Container Ordinance (BCO) came into effect. Today it provides a disposal network for PET drink bottles throughout Switzerland. Ninety-eight per cent of Swiss beverage producers, importers, fillers, and retailers are meanwhile members of the collection system run by the industry organisation PET-Recycling Schweiz.
However, recycling is only successful if the collected and reprocessed material returns into circulation. The empty PET drink bottles are therefore processed into clean, high-quality, and food-safe material: Swiss Recycling PET (R-PET). This valuable resource is used to manufacture new Swiss PET drink bottles. As a result, the material cycle is closed (bottle to bottle) and recycling back into circulation truly takes place. According to the study by Carbotech, recycling in a closed cycle is 2.4 times more environmentally friendly than conventional recycling for one-time reuse.
Outcome
The new «Swiss R-PET» label from SQS indicates the proportion of Swiss R-PET in PET beverage bottles and guarantees that this R-PET is a Swiss product whose manufacturing process—collection, sorting, and recycling into R-PET—takes place in Switzerland.
Target groups
Members of PET-Recycling Schweiz have the opportunity to mark PET drink bottles made from Swiss Recycling PET with an externally verified label.
Validity
The validity of the certificate and its associated use amounts to one year.
Recognition
The Swiss R-PET label is a uniform recycling label recognised throughout Switzerland.
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