Producer responsibility for a circular
economy – the experience of plastic
packaging in the Netherlands
Packaging Waste Fund
Joris van der Meulen
WHO ARE WE?
PRODUCERS & IMPORTERS OF OBLIGED INDUSTRY
€
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€
Collecting the fees of the obliged companies (budget € 160 mio)
Execute producer responsibility based on commitment of packaging
agreement 2013 – 2022
€
•
•
•
SLA
Daily contact with municipalities
Daily contact with waste
management companies
Collecting data for ‘off the
market’ monitoring
€
SLA
Foundation ‘keep the
Netherlands clean of litter’
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PACKAGING WASTE MANAGEMENT HOUSEHOLDS
A PUBLIC SYSTEM
Producer
s/
Importers
Municipalitie
s
Producers/
Importers
Recycling
targets
Collection and
sorting (for plastic)
Financing
Recycling
targets
Remuneration
2500 P/I’s (>50.000
kg)
393 municipalities
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DUTCH PACKAGING AGREEMENT 2013 - 2022
Partners
P/I’s
Obliged
Industry
+
Association
of
municipalities
+
National
Government
Packaging agreement 2013 - 2022: Ambition
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Packaging Optimisation: by setting up sector plans (reduce, reuse, recycle, renew)
Littering: social responsibility
Monitoring: of the Agreement
Circular Economy: Closing the loop of the material chains
Recycling targets:
 Glass, metal, paper > 80%
 Plastics
2013
2022
44%
52% (our ambition: to be achieved in 2017)
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RECYCLING TARGET FOR PLASTICS
• Goal: to achieve a target of 52% or more by 2017
• 2009: Introduction of Plastic Heroes Collection System
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•
‘kerbside collection’
High quality sorting & recycling infrastructure
 Est. 40 transfer stations
 5 Sorting plants (Netherlands 1, Germany 4)
• Mechanical and optical sorting in 5 different plastic material flows
 PET
 PP
 PE
delivered to est. 70 certified recyclers in EU
 PE- Foils
 Mix plastics
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PLASTIC HEROES COLLECTION & RECYCLING SYSTEM
A huge success!
140
130
120
Total
105
100
102
Deposit
82
Kton of
Plas c
Packaging
recycled
79
87
80
59
60
Separa on
MSW
74
75
57
40
27
20
0
27
26
24
16
3
0
2008
22
18
8
2010
21
4
2
0
2009
28
23
2011
2012
Kerbside
2013
2014
PLASTIC HEROES
Kton of
Plas c
Packaging
recycled
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
60
1000
1000
A SUCCESS…. BUT AT A COST
180
167
147
130
105
79
82
60
995
980
975
900
Cost in
€/per tonne
901
881
800
817
788
756
700
Total cost in € MIO
600
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
€ 60
€ 77
€ 80
€ 95
€ 115
€ 120
€ 131
€ 136
In 7 years:
from € 60 mio
to € 136 mio
This progress shows that …………….
•
All partners involved should maximise there effort to optimise the plastic recycling scheme to an
efficient and effective system in order to lower cost;
•
The integration of the deposit system for large PET bottles into the Plastic Heroes recycling
scheme is the next important step towards an efficient and effective system;
•
To have one overall system is more consumer friendly, so that the recycling of more plastic
packaging waste will be stimulated;
•
Today a lot of recycled material is are already used into new products, however the usage of
recycled material should be increased;
•
Therefore we need to stimulate innovation.
This progress shows that …………….
We are on our way of achieving a circular economy for
plastic packaging!
Thank you for your attention
For more information:
Stichting Afvalfonds Verpakkingen
Postbus 1266
2260 BG Leidschendam
+31 85 401 26 60
[email protected]
+31 6 222 401 64
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