MADE FOR RECYCLINGIs your packaging suitable for recycling?
The packer and the manufacturer can only place on the market packaging that meets the essential requirements regarding the production and composition of the packaging and its suitability for reuse and recovery, including recycling, Article 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. and 14 of the Law on Packaging and Packaging Waste
Interzero Serbia provides Made for Recycling packaging certification service. For packaging rated very good, the quality mark Made for recycling is awarded.
The Bifa Institute for Environmental Protection, in cooperation with Interzero, has developed a methodology for evaluating the recyclability of packaging according to the guidelines prescribed by the minimum standards approved by Fraunhofer IVV.
Steps to certification and quality mark:
- You send 5 packing samples.
- Your packaging is tested and analyzed at the Interzero Plastics Innovation in Maribor.
- You receive a Certificate and Report on the possibility of recycling, which contains concrete and practical recommendations if further action is required.
- You optimize your packaging.
- We repeat the review and analysis of your improvements.
Why does the Made for recycling certification help promote the circular economy?
High recyclability
Packaging can be recycled well above the legal minimum standard.
Proper waste separation
The consumer can sort them and put them away.
Efficient sorting
They are assigned to the right material in sorting systems.
Optimal use
They are valuable materials that can be reused in new products and packaging.
More responsibility
You make an important contribution to promoting the circular economy.
Ice cream that can be easily recycled
To ensure they are best positioned for circular economy practices, Unilever has put its ‘Cremissimo’ ice cream packs under examination. Laboratory analysis confirmed: Cremissimo packaging is very easy to recycle – and for that it received the “Made for Recycling” quality seal. The ice cream packaging is made of 100 percent polyolefin and is designed without barriers that cannot be recycled.
Packaging ready for circular flow
New: chocolate in a paper bag – Ritter Sport’s new “mini bag” is now available in a paper bag that is very easy to recycle and has been given the “Made for recycling Interseroh” stamp. With the new “mini bag”, Ritter Sport has taken the first step towards paper. For this purpose, newly developed special paper is used, the coating of which does not cause problems in the recycling process.
Cheese in recyclable packaging
Grunlander semi-hard cheese is available in more sustainable packaging from September 2021. It consists of 94% recyclable materials and carries the “Made for recycling” certificate. The packaging gets the seal only if it can be easily or – as in the case of Grunlander – very easily recycled.
