The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, circular economy, and resource efficiency are part of all internationally funded development projects. The principles that have guided Austria Recycling’s work for decades are now being addressed on a broad scale. Existing social injustices, issues, and initiatives are finally entering the public consciousness, being discussed, and will hopefully be resolved or fully integrated in the near future. Minority rights, diversity, equal opportunities for all genders, and climate protection are just a few of these issues.

In many ecological concepts Austria is a role model for other countries. For instance, waste management, environmental management, sustainability management. Consequently, Austria Recycling exports Austrian know-how worldwide. The focus lies on Asia. In other words, the Austrian association has established itself as a recognised partner organisation for (international) projects on resource conservation, improvement of resource efficiency and cleaner production (RECP) in organisations. Most importantly, Austria Recycling combines its own environmental competence with the organisational development competence of its sister organisation Gesunde Organisationen (GO).

It is becoming increasingly clear to business people and politicians that environmental protection and waste avoidance cannot begin with the ‘end of pipe’ approach. So, Austria Recycling is researching sustainable consumer behaviour. In addition, together with its sister organisation Austria Recycling & Co Consulting Gmbh (ARECon) it is developing a programme for operational environmental protection. Most importantly, that programme begins at the source and is tailored in particular to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Austria Recycling develops comprehensive waste disposal systems for waste paper, waste glass and waste metal. The association operates at the interface between citizens, municipalities, political leaders and industries. And it develops disposal solutions that are still in use today.

Therefore, permanent disposal systems with special containers are replacing the sporadic house collections.

Austria Recycling starts the waste paper collection to turn Minus and Minus into Recycling-Plus.

Austrian Production Promotion Company ÖPG is founded. It is entrusted with the task of supplying the industry with (secondary) raw materials. ÖPG later became Austria Recycling.