The new life of recycled plastic as durable household products

Watch and read how we use recycled plastic as a raw material in our production process and discover the variety of products we make from it!

 

Watch the video to discover how an ice cream container gets a new life as a flowerpot

Orthex has been using material made from industrial plastic waste to produce buckets, bins, and boxes since the 1990s.

In 2015, we began incorporating post-consumer plastic waste into our production process as well.

Our plant care category has been a forerunner in using recycled material. Today, 100% of our flowerpots and balcony boxes are made from recycled plastics.

SmartStore Collect

In 2017, we significantly increased the use of post-consumer plastic waste, leading to products like waste bins and bins being made from recycled materials.

In 2019, SmartStore™ Recycled was launched, a series of durable storage boxes made from recycled plastic.

Nowadays our storage category has stylish SmartStore™ Basket Recycled, sorting solution series SmartStore™ Collect as well as SmartStore™ Bedrollers, all made from recycled plastic.

In addition to these, we offer a range of products made from old fishing nets.

SmartStore Basket Recycled
Click to see all Orthex products made from recycled plastic

Other sustainable materials

GastroMax Bio Kitchen Utensils

We also use renewable bio-based plastics, which are made entirely or partially from renewable resources. Read more and get inspired by our products made from bio-based plastic, such as the GastroMax™ kitchen utensils range! 

Additionally, we have started using raw materials produced by applying the mass balance approach in our products. This approach involves mixing renewable materials with fossil materials during the raw material production process.

SmartStore Bedroller

Our goal is to continuously increase the use of renewable and recycled raw materials in the production and to have carbon neutral production by 2030.

Read more about our sustainability work here