TOWARDS ZERO LANDFILL BY 2025 Karl-H. Foerster, Executive Director, PlasticsEurope 26 th Asia Plastics Forum Council Meeting Bangkok, 14 September 2016
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TOWARDS ZERO LANDFILL BY 2025 Karl-H. Foerster, Executive Director, PlasticsEurope 26th Asia Plastics Forum Council Meeting Bangkok, 14 September 2016
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Background
• Plastic Waste = Growing Problem ¾ Threat for License to Operate
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Approach
• Turn Problem into Opportunity
• Plastic Waste = Valuable Resource
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Action
• Target 100% Collection
• Recycling (Mechanical and Energy)
Europe: Positive Trend – But Significant Potential Untapped
Landfilling is still the most common waste treatment option for Plastics
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Energy Recovery
36% 8.9 mt
Landfill 38%
9.5 mt
Recycling 26%
6.6 mt
Treatment of post-Consumer Plastic Waste in Europe in 2012:
Municipal Solid Waste Incineration
Fuel for energy intensive industrial production, e.g. chemicals, cement etc.
25 mt
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Post-Consumer Plastic waste going to landfill (2012):
above 66%
>50% to 66%
below 10%, i.e. landfill ban
Landfilling of plastic waste is still a major option in many countries
33% to 50%
2005
1999+2006
2004 2006
2009 2005
2016
1996
1997
Date of landfill ban in force
Date of future landfill ban
2016
2014 - Scotland
EU27 plus Norway & Switzerland: 38%
• Landfill Ban = Most Effective to Increase Recycling and Energy Recovery
¾Secure broad Acceptance of Plastic Products and
Industry
Zero Plastics to Landfill
The Case of Germany
0
500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
1994 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
Source: Consultic, "Produktion, Verarbeitung und Verwertung von Kunststoffen in Deutschland", 2011
000 T/Y
Energy Recovery Mechanical Recycling Landfill
Decision to ban
landfilling
10%
37%
38%
1%
42%
56%
41%
36%
14%
Ban of landfilling in force
Lessons Learned • Landfilling remains the most used waste treatment option for plastics as long it
is the cheapest option
• Countries which have banned the landfilling of plastics achieve generally the highest recycling and energy recovery rates
• Eliminating the landfilling has potential to increase reputation of plastics since
it is seen as a valuable resource after use-phase
• Significant investments in recycling and energy recovery plants are necessary, therefore legal certainty is needed.
• Landfill bans (e.g. no material with a calorific value of more than 6 MJ/kg is allowed in landfills) or accelerating landfill taxes are able to provide this certainty 11
Towards Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency
• Improve Collection • Increase Consumers Awareness • Ban Landfill
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