For over 30 years now, we have focussed our energy, our know-how and our innovative force on one task: the successful return and sustainable reuse and recycling of packaging and plastics. This is because a successful, functioning closed loop recycling management for us is the prerequisite for true sustainability and efficient environmental protection.
Much has changed since the foundation of RIGK in 1992: The huge waste heaps of the past have disappeared thanks to a growing awareness of the necessity of sustainable action. Our politics are creating new prerequisites for increasingly comprehensive recycling measures, and consumers are now also aware of the problem. At the same time, technologies for the increasingly effective recycling of plastics are constantly developing.
Following these developments, and even staying one step ahead of them, is a continuous challenge – which our Team faces up to successfully. Our employees have in-depth knowledge of the entire process chain of return and recycling, from the commercial final consumer right up to recycling on the raw material markets. For this purpose, they continuously undertake further training, conduct active exchanges of ideas with the industry and other branch representatives, and think ahead to the future.
Sustainable recycling can’t work through the efforts of one company alone. In order to cope with this task, we engage in constant dialogue with representatives from the industry as well as national and international network systems comprising of like-minded companies.
The European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) is a coalition of specialist organizations that has been advocating for sustainable solutions in plastics recycling and management since its foundation in 1998. The organization's goal is to optimize the collection, sorting, and recycling of plastics through international exchange and collaboration.
EPRO works closely with European and international initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) and supports projects aimed at improving the quality of recycled materials. The organization strives to strengthen the circular economy for plastics and reduce dependence on virgin raw materials—an important contribution to a resource-efficient future.
The Brancheninitiative Produktverantwortung (BiPv), or Industry Initiative for Product Responsibility, is an interest group founded in 2011 by three manufacturer-supported take-back systems: RIGK GmbH, Gebinde-Verwertungsgesellschaft der Mineralölwirtschaft mbH (GVÖ), and Kreislaufsystem Blechverpackungen Stahl GmbH (KBS). The initiative aims to promote Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging and support a sustainable circular economy.
The members of BiPv actively advocate for the collection and recycling of packaging to meet the requirements of the German Packaging Act and the European Packaging Directive. They participate in political discussions and projects addressing topics such as climate protection, sustainability, and resource conservation. The initiative seeks transparent and reliable frameworks to assist companies in developing sustainable packaging designs and using recycled materials.
Through collaboration with industry representatives and the application of innovative recycling technologies, BiPv contributes to making the circular economy more efficient and conserving valuable resources.
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