Paul Brändli is proud of the reduction in the advance recycling fee (ARF). The Managing Director of SWICO Recycling takes stock, and calls on consumers to take more responsibility.

Edible chairs and self-dismantling coffee makers are just some of the many ideas Prof. Dr Michael Braungart wants to put into practice. The guru of Cradle to Cradle argues for sensible wastefulness that benefits nature, and even talks of a new industrial revolution thanks to intelligent design.

Recycler with Swiss Federal VET Diploma. That's the goal for three young women and their 25 colleagues who embarked on their three-year apprenticeship in August 2010. SWICO visited them at their vocational college.

Swico 2009 Activity Report Podcast - In conversation with Paul Brändli, Managing Director of SWICO Recycling

Global technical progress opens up many new opportunities for people.Innovation expert Franz Josef Radermacher discussed the advantagesand disadvantages of this trend in our interview. He isprofessor at the University of Ulm and campaignsfor fair globalisation. He is one of the founders of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative.

Eric Hubacher has been a member of the Environmental Commissionfor ten years, making him a veteran of the organisation. He looks backwith satisfaction ? and forward with anticipation.

At 15 percent, the proportion of mobile phones that are returned inSwitzerland is too low. Therefore SWICO Recycling launched initiatives inschools and among the general public in 2009 to increase this quota.