The Verband Schweizer Plastic Recycler (VSPR) is a Swiss non-profit association serving as the competence center for plastic recycling in Switzerland. It connects municipalities, collection systems, and recycling companies to promote sustainable, high-quality plastic recycling and circular economy principles. The website reflects a strong commitment to sustainability, quality assurance, and transparency, supported by a monitoring and licensing system that awards a quality label to certified collection systems. The target audience includes municipalities, industry partners, and the general public interested in environmental sustainability within Switzerland.
Technically, the website is built on WordPress with modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Slick Carousel, LazyLoad, and Fancybox. It employs multilingual support via Weglot and integrates Google reCAPTCHA for form security. Cookie consent is managed through the Complianz GDPR plugin, ensuring compliance with European privacy regulations. The site is well-optimized for mobile devices and demonstrates good SEO practices.
From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses reCAPTCHA to protect forms. Email addresses are obfuscated to prevent scraping. However, explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options are not visibly configured, representing an area for improvement. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected.
Overall, the website presents a professional, trustworthy, and compliant digital presence for the VSPR. It effectively communicates its mission and services while maintaining good technical and security standards. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, fixing minor image loading issues, and publishing a formal security policy or incident response contact to further strengthen trust and compliance.
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NIS2 and GDPR posture
GDPR outside view
80/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
7of 7
NIS2 Art. 21(2)
a(a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
b(b) Incident handling: One indicator
c(c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
d(d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
e(e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
f(f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
g(g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
h(h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
i(i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
j(j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside
Partly checked
One indicator
Not visible from outside
This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.
GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.
Priority findings
7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
Network security
Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.
Critical
Critical Service Exposed: MySQL
Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server
What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN
Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.
High
Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
Forces HTTPS connections
What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
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TLS certificates and expiry
DNS records
SPF, DKIM and DMARC
Security headers
GDPR and NIS2 posture
Exposed services
Third-party trackers
Security score drift
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Results by check
Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
How this score is calculated
The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.
Counted in this score
SSL/TLS
72
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
80
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
80
Average
54
After the cap
49
Not counted
NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.
Findings that cap the score at 49
Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.
The certificate is not trusted by browsers
The website is not served over HTTPS
A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet · found on this site
The page loads a script from a compromised source
The domain registration has expired
SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain
Partial scans
When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.
Risk levels
Critical0–25
High26–49
Medium50–75
Low76–100
Breach exposure
Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.
Dark web exposure
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Leaked records that mention plasticrecycler.ch, from OffSeq Breach.
No leaked records found
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Business context
Business profile
VSPR occupies a niche market position as the authoritative body for plastic recycling quality assurance in Switzerland. Its business model revolves around voluntary certification, monitoring, and networking rather than commercial sales. Revenue streams likely include membership fees and licensing. The association targets municipalities, recycling companies, and industry stakeholders, emphasizing environmental sustainability and circular economy principles. The presence of expert testimonials and a quality label enhances credibility and market trust. The organization maintains active communication channels including newsletters and social media, supporting community engagement and transparency. Growth indicators include expanding certified collection participation and CO2 savings metrics. The partnership ecosystem includes municipalities, recycling partners, and auditing bodies, though no explicit commercial partners are listed on the site.
Security posture
The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and Google reCAPTCHA protecting form submissions. Email obfuscation reduces spam risk. Cookie consent mechanisms comply with GDPR requirements. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options suggests room for improvement in defense-in-depth. No incident response or security policy information is published, which could hinder rapid response to security events. The site uses up-to-date libraries and plugins, reducing vulnerability exposure. Overall, the security posture is good but could be enhanced by implementing recommended HTTP headers and publishing security policies.
Recommendations
Implement and verify HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy to strengthen browser security.
Fix lazy loading image errors to improve user experience and avoid broken visuals.
Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and preparedness.
Regularly audit and update third-party plugins and libraries to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user inclusivity.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Business
Company
Verband Schweizer Plastic Recycler (VSPR)
Description
Der Verband Schweizer Plastic Recycler (VSPR) ist das Kompetenzzentrum für Kunststoffrecycling in der Schweiz. Er vernetzt Gemeinden, Sammelsysteme und Recyclingunternehmen mit dem Ziel, Kunststoffe hochwertig zu verwerten und den Kreislauf zu schliessen. Fokus liegt auf Nachhaltigkeit, Qualität und Transparenz für eine zukunftsfähige Kreislaufwirtschaft.
Key services
Monitoring and licensing system for plastic recycling, Quality label issuance, Networking of municipalities and recycling partners, Promotion of sustainable plastic recycling, Information and education
Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
Content is professionally presented in German with multilingual support.
Strong focus on sustainability and quality in plastic recycling.
Comprehensive cookie consent and privacy compliance mechanisms.
Contact information is clearly provided with multiple channels.
Use of modern web technologies and security best practices.
No visible security or privacy red flags.
Technical notes
Notes
The website is built on WordPress CMS with a modern front-end stack including jQuery, Slick Carousel for sliders, LazyLoad for image optimization, and Fancybox for media display. Multilingual support is provided by Weglot, enabling German, French, Italian, and English versions. Google reCAPTCHA v2 Invisible protects forms from spam. Cookie consent is managed by Complianz GDPR plugin, ensuring compliance with EU regulations. The site loads external resources from reputable CDNs such as cdnjs.cloudflare.com and jsdelivr.net. Performance is moderate with some lazy loading image errors noted. The site is mobile optimized and SEO friendly with appropriate meta tags and Open Graph data. No hosting provider details were found in the HTML content. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid with opportunities for minor improvements in performance and security.
Standards and sources
Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.
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