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For our Environment IG Plastics Recommendations on the EU Plastics Strategy Nina Maier IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics Introduction IG Plastics IG Plastics consists of 13 EPAs from Austria Denmark Finland Germany Iceland Netherlands Norway Portugal Romania Scotland Slovenia Spain Switzerland …France, Croatia, Kosovo, Ireland 2 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics Framing the Problem 3 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 1. Prevention • Prevent plastic waste formation • Raise awareness on negative impacts of single-use plastics • Share best practices in waste avoidance • Establish tailor-made training programs for practitioners 4 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 2. Individual Quota • Waste management infrastructure differs across EU • Ensure that all states set ambitious individual quota • Share best practices in waste management 5 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 3. Green Public Procurement • Reuse, repair, recycle • Promote recycled materials • Environmental guidelines for products, services and waste management • Prevent plastic packaging waste • Promote EU Eco-labels 6 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 4. Standardization • Standardization contributes to harmonized approaches in product and process regulation • Award mandate to CEN TC 249 in order to speed up necessary standardization work 7 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 5. Recycling • Increase separate collection • Include minimum requirements for recyclability in Ecodesign Directive • Establish minimum recyclate quota for specific plastic products 8 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 6. Expand Deposit Systems • Increase deposit systems for different product groups • Encourage best practice sharing on deposit systems 9 IG Plastics

EPA Network - IG Plastics 7. Bioplastics Bioplastics refer to... Bio-derived plastics • Made from organic waste or crops • Competition for land • Threat to sensitive habitats 10 IG Plastics Sources: green-plastics.net, inhabitat.com, phys.org

EPA Network - IG Plastics Bioplastics Bioplastics refer to... Biodegradable plastics Bio-derived plastics • 90% degradable under controlled conditions • Made from organic waste or crops • Littering might increase • Competition for land • Needed: separation • Threat to sensitive from non- habitats biodegradable waste streams 11 IG Plastics Sources: green-plastics.net, inhabitat.com, phys.org

EPA Network - IG Plastics Bioplastics Bioplastics • Do not lead to significant reduction of inputs • Bio-degradables not bio-benign 12 IG Plastics Sources: green-plastics.net, inhabitat.com, phys.org

EPA Network - IG Plastics Way forward MONITOR PROGRESS of EU Plastics Strategy ESTABLISH INDICATORS in order to measure success Plastics SET UP FORUM Strategy to measure progress and decide on adaptations SUPPORT countries lagging behind SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTE to global (G7), regional (HELCOM, OSPAR, MEDPOL, Black Sea) & national actions against marine litter IG Plastics 13

EPA Network - IG Plastics Key Messages 1. PREVENT plastic waste formation 2. INDIVIDUAL QUOTA taking into account specifics in waste management 3. PROMOTE GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT with environmental criteria 4. USE STANDARDIZATION to harmonize product and process regulation 5. PROMOTE RECYCLING , increase separate collection, set quota 6. PROMOTE DEPOSIT SYSTEMS for product groups and share experiences 7. AVOID BIOPLASTICS unless their degradability can be guaranteed 14 IG Plastics

nina.maier@uba.de IG Input Paper EU Plastics Strategy - Brussels, 23.1.2017 15