Recent years in Chile have been marked by a significant progress in terms of recycling and improvements on the environment, shown by the country’s alarming figures. In terms of containers and packaging, for example, it is estimated that each year more than two million tons of products enter the market, of which a high percentage of these end up being eliminated.

To curb these numbers, the second Clean Production Agreement (APL) was recently signed by various institutions, thanks to which nearly two thousand containers have already been authorized to be introduced into the market with the "I choose to recycle" eco-label, expecting the consumers to prefer these over other alternatives, knowing that at least 80% of the material that makes up each container can be recycled.

Con este proyecto se espera generar un mayor conocimiento ciudadano que se traduzca en cambios de hábitos de consumo, facilitando el cumplimiento de la Ley de Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor (REP Law.), lo cual constituye un paso muy relevante para hacer frente al problema de los residuos en Chile.

To move forward, this agreement aims to continue adding more companies and mass consumption products to the project while working on the development of regulations that regulate the implementation of eco-labelling at the national level.

Learn more about this initiative here.