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CIRCULAR ECONOMY ANDTHE EU WASTE REVIEW

Perspective and recommendations fromthe packaging supply chain in Europe

European Parliament, Committee on the Environment,Public Health and Food Safety, Public Hearing on theEU Waste Review, 22 January 2015

Virginia JanssensEUROPEN Managing Director

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Bihpak, CICPEN, SLICPEN, Miljöpack, ARAM, RusPEC

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS

PACKAGING DESIGNERS/ MANUFACTURERS

PACKAGING USERS / BRAND OWNERS

NATIONAL PACKAGING ASSOCIATIONS

EUROPEN REPRESENTS THE PACKAGINGSUPPLY CHAIN IN EUROPE

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Safeguard theInternal Market

EUROPEN believesthat a Circular Economy

in Europecan be supported through a clear,

achievable, fair andharmonised EU framework

Clear frameworkfor Extended Producer

Responsibility

Harmonised definitions andrealistic EU recycling targets

THE WAY FORWARD

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WHAT: DEFINITIONS AND TARGETS

Step 1: Harmonise definitions andclear calculation method for recycling

Step 2: Set realistic EU recyclingtargets for all Member States

WHY? Ensures legal clarity, harmonised and clear data needed toidentify real distance to legal and company targets

Different recycling performances and starting points acrossMember States

Policy need?

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HOW: EPR AS ASUCCESSFUL POLICY TOOL

• Mandate minimum performancerequirements for EPR schemesin EU legislation (PPWD)

• EU guidance on roles andresponsibilities for all actors

WHY?

Improves fair legal framework and competition for allexisting EPR schemes (level playing field) at nationallevel

Increases accountability for all actors e.g. producers,private and public waste management, consumers,EPR schemes

Optimises cost-efficiency and performance ofrecycling used packaging by existing EPR schemes tomeet national packaging recycling targets

Policy need?

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EPR MINIMUM PERFORMANCEREQUIREMENTS

Set binding minimum performancerequirements for all EPR schemes (not-for-profit/for-profit) in PPWDTransparency in material flows, cost, tendering

procedures, scope (geographic scope, types ofpackaging material covered )

Consumer information, monitoring, reportingand audits, financial solidity

Legal requirement for Member States toimplement and enforce authorisationprocedures for EPR schemes

Policy need?

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SAFEGUARD THE INTERNAL MARKET TOUNDERPIN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

1. ENSURES HARMONISATION THATENCOURAGES: INNOVATION INVESTMENTS GROWTH

2. AVOIDS PROTECTIONIST MEASURES,MARKET DISTORTIONS AND FRAGMENTATION

3. NO TO 28 BINDING NATIONAL DESIGNREQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGING

1. ENSURES EU HARMONISATION AND COMMONRULES WHICH ENCOURAGE INNOVATION,INVESTMENTS AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

2. AVOIDS PROTECTIONIST MEASURES, MARKETDISTORTIONS AND FRAGMENTATION

3. NO TO 28 BINDING NATIONAL DESIGNREQUIREMENTS FOR PACKAGING

Policy need?

Why? To ensure the Circular Economy objectives can be met

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Safeguard theInternal Market

EUROPEN believesthat a Circular Economy

in Europecan be supported through a clear,

achievable, fair andharmonised EU framework:

Clear frameworkfor Extended Producer

Responsibility

Harmonised definitions andrealistic EU recycling targets

TO SUMMARISE:

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EUROPEN position papers

EUROPEN members’ sustainability reports andcommitments

EUROPEN’s Factsheet on Extended ProducerResponsibility (EPR) for used packaging

EUROPEN Publication on Economic Instrumentsin Packaging and Packaging Waste Policy

EUROPEN analysis on Packaging & PackagingWaste Statistics 1998-2011

EUROPENAVENUE DE L’ARMEE 6,1040 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM packaging@europen-packaging.eu

Available on the EUROPEN websitewww.europen-packaging.eu

Thank you!

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BACK-UP SLIDES

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RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ANDCIRCULAR ECONOMYEUROPEAN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES?

Furtherglobalisationof valuechains

Estimated 400000 jobscreated by theimplementation of the wastelegislation inforce

Decliningamount ofusedpackagingsent for finaldisposal

Increasingtrade in wastesecondarymaterialsfrom waste

Urbanisationandmegacities

Growingmiddle classconsumers

Risingintrinsic valueof somewastestreams

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WHY WE NEED PACKAGING

Productprotection

Marketing

Security

Safety and health

Prevention ofproduct/food waste

Convenience

Preservation

Information

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

GDP (EUR bn, current market prices) Non-wood packaging consumption ('000 tonnes)

Non-wood packaging disposal ('000 tonnes)

PACKAGING CONSUMPTION AND PACKAGING WASTEDISPOSAL DECOUPLING FROM ECONOMIC GROWTH*

EU-15* Indexed trends in GDP, packaging consumption and packaging disposal

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PACKAGING RECYCLING TARGETS

Member States’ 2012 packaging recycling performance against the55% packaging recycling target*

*Based on 2012 Eurostat data. 2012 data not reported for Romania. For more data see EUROPEN’s 2014 report onPackaging and Packaging Waste Statistics 1998-2011

55% target rate

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Cardboard &Paper

Metal50%

Glass60%

Wood15%

Plastic22,5%

83%

72%

71%

38%

34% 45%2020

60%2025

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50%2020

65%2025

80%2030

70%2020

80%2025

90%2030

70%2020

80%2025

90%2030

85%2020

90%2025

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Current targets inPPWD

Current targets inPPWD

Currently achievedrates

EC proposed targets inPPWD

60%

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means the producer’s full or partial financial and/oroperational responsibility for a product, extended tothe post-consumer state of a product’s life cycle, inorder to help meet national recycling and recoverytargets.

In GREEN: EC proposal on EU Waste ReviewIn BLUE: EUROPEN suggested amendments to the EC proposal

EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY(EPR)…

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EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY