13th Comieco Report:13th Comieco Report: “Paper and board collection, recycling and recovery in Italy in 2007”

Rome, 1st July 2008

"RECYCLING OF PAPER AND BOARD PACKAGING IN EUROPE“

Joachim QuodenGeneral Manager

Revision of the Packaging Directive 94/62/EG

Old Directive New Directive(February 2004)

Deadline for all to 30.06.2001 to 31.12.2008for P, GR, IRE to 30.06.2005 to 31.12.2011for new members 2005 - 2009 to 31.12.2012 – 2015

Recovery Min.: 50 % Min.: 60 %Max.: 65 % Max.: -

Recycling Min.: 25 % Min.: 55 %Max.: 45 % Max.: 80 %

fRecycling specific Materials

Glass Min.: 15 % Min.: 60 %Paper Min.: 15 % Min.: 60 %pMetal Min.: 15 % Min.: 50 %Plastic Min.: 15 % Min.: 22,5 %Wood Min.: - Min.: 15 %

EU Average

Country Performance: Overall Recycling Quotas in 2005(%)

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Austria

Germany

Belgium

UK

Italy

Ireland

Czech Rep.

Netherlands

Sweden

Spain

Denmark

France

Portugal

Slovenia

Hungary

Latvia

Slovakia

Estonia

Greece

Finland

Cyprus

Lithuania

Romania

Poland

Bulgaria

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Malta

Cyprus

A ustria

EU A verage

Country Performance: Paper Recycling Quotas in 2005(%)

Germany

B elgium

C zech R ep.

H ungary

Slo venia

F inland

F rance

B ulgaria

N etherlands

Sweden

Greece

UK

D enmark

Ita ly

Spain

Luxembo urg

Ireland

R o mania

Latvia

Lithuania

P o rtugal

D enmark

C yprus

P o land

Esto nia

Slo vakia

R o mania

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

M alta

C yprus

Implementation of the Packaging Directive1 itho t compliance1 without compliance scheme => TaxesDenmark

EPR, but close to marketUK (PRN System)

1 with tax and compliance schemeThe Netherlands

27 EU COUNTRIES + 2 EEA

2 A i C t i+ 2 Accession Countries Croatia ???Fund versus EPR

26 with Producer ResponsibilityA t i B l i F S i G I l d

1 with Fund Scheme run by industryAustria, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Ireland,

Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Greece, Latvia,Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary Slovenia Cyprus Malta Estonia Romania

run by industryIceland

Hungary, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Norway, Finland, Italy,

A Common Approach for Europe

Common Principle for 27 European countries

Economic stakeholders within the packaging chain (manufacturer, packer/filler, distributor, importer) are responsible for packaging waste management

National industry self-managed organizations established to:National industry self-managed organizations established to:

Organise recovery and recycling activities

Secure the financing

Coordination with the stakeholders (industry, government, local authorities,Coordination with the stakeholders (industry, government, local authorities, waste management and recycling companies, consumers…)

Common principle, but several ways of implementation

„Dual model“ (Germany, Austria): Full responsibility for industry for collection, sorting and recycling; separate

collection system besides collection of local authorities, no or limited influence from local authorities

„Shared model“ (France, Spain, Italy, Czech Rep.):Shared responsibility between industry and local authorities commonShared responsibility between industry and local authorities, common agreements on the way of collection necessary

T d bl C dit M d l (UK)Tradable Credits Model (UK): No link between industry and collection on the local level

Licence Fees / Taxes per kilo paper packaging

16

18

14

16

12

8

10

6Tax

2

4

0

2

N et herlands B elg ium It aly Sp ain F rance Swed en Slo venia Hungary B ulgaria C zech Germany A ust r ia

Licence fee – packaging examples €-Cents

Cardboard box with plastic window, volume 2.625,7cm3

(106,8g paper; 9,28g plastic window)( g p p g p )

2,451*2,5

1,88

1,532

1,32

1

1,5

0,6160,5170,436

0,3150 196 0 180,5

1

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EmbesSTPlus

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Pannon

O-KOMCONAI

K/SPVekoPol

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Eco-Emballa

Material

HeRRCo/EcoEm

FOSTValo

Öko-PanEKO-K CO

REPAK/S

Envi-Pak/R

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*Price list 2005

Cost factors of the different schemes

Scope of activities (household up to all packaging)

share of costs (recycling costs up to total costs)

recycling quotas (15% minimum quota of the Directive up to 60% for plastics)recycling quotas (15% minimum quota of the Directive up to 60% for plastics)

collection system (bring system up to kerbside collection)

ti f i l t ti (1 t 10 )time of implementation (1 year up to 10 years)

need to cover all households

possible ways of recovery (energy recovery possible?)

number of free-riders

Labour costs

European Commission DG EnvironmentEuropean Commission DG Environment

Environmental benefits of Packaging Directivegreenhouse gas savings (around 25M tonnes of CO2

i l t)equivalent)resource savings (~10M tonnes of oil equivalent)reduced particulates emissions decreased acidification lessreduced particulates emissions, decreased acidification, less traffic noise, odours, visual disturbance

Sustainable Production & Consumption

Membership 2008

Iceland

SwedenGreat Britain

Finland

Ireland

Norway

Latvia

Great Britain

EstoniaCanada

PolandGermany

Ireland

BelgiumL b

Lithuania

CzechR bli Ukraine

Netherlands

France

Portugal

AustriaHungary

Luxembourg

Slovenia

RepublicSlovakia

Romania

Ukraine

CroatiaSpain

Greece Turkey

BulgariaCroatia

CyprusMalta

PRO EUROPE‘S Mission

To help its national recovery schemes by:To help its national recovery schemes by:Promoting convergence of regulations and administration

Protecting and promotion of the Green DotProtecting and promotion of the Green Dot

Being a Know how provider to members, their clients and authorities

Running a network of exchanges and experiencesu g a et o o e c a ges a d e pe e ces

Supporting secondary raw materials markets

Offering added value services to members and their clientsg

Promoting holistic, stable, ecologically and economically feasible packaging waste management systems

Exchange of Know-How

Working GroupsTechnical Working Group (lead by Eco-Emballages)g p ( y g )

Congress & Communication (lead by DSD)

Prevention (lead by Eco Embes)( y )

System Development (lead by EKO-KOM)

Regulatory Affairs Committee (lead by FOST Plus)g y ( y )

WorkshopsMarketingMarketing

Deposit for one way beverage containers

Biodegradable packagingBiodegradable packaging

Relation to local authorities

Best practices in collection, sorting and recyclingp g y g

Facts and Figures (2006/2008)

31 compliance schemes active in 31 countries in 2008 of which 25 use the Green Dot

About 136,000 companies are licensees / members of the PRO EUROPE member systems

More than 460 billion packaging items have been labeled with the Green Dot

More than 565 million inhabitants live in PRO EUROPE member countriesMore than 565 million inhabitants live in PRO EUROPE member countries

More than 300 million inhabitants have access to separate collection of PRO EUROPE member systemsEUROPE member systems

More than 22,100,000 tons of packaging have been recovered by PRO EUROPE member systems in 2006EUROPE member systems in 2006

More than 1,750,000 tons of plastic packaging have been recycled by PRO EUROPE member systems in 2006EUROPE member systems in 2006

What does a PRO EUROPE member Organisation stand for ?

F d d d b b h lf f fill k i dFounded and run by or on behalf of fillers, packaging producers, importers and retailers

Independent from government and waste management companiesIndependent from government and waste management companies

Financing of selective collection, sorting, recovery and recycling of packaging waste by industrypackaging waste by industry

Communicating to consumers to create new behaviors mostly by using the Green Dotthe Green Dot

Internalisation of external costs

Implementation of Producer Responsibility

Worldwide situationS

Co-operation agreement between PRO EUROPE and CSR

Tax Solution (Denmark)Tax for plastic packaging (Belarus)Law under discussion (Moldova)

CSR Law under discussion (Russia)

CanadaCSR

JCPRAEcolef(T i i )

CEMPRE

(Tunisia)

WAL-MART starts campaign for packaging CEMPRE

Increasing demand for PET (Chi )

p g p g gwith recyled content and many states prepare EPR legislation

Increasing demand for PET (China)

Voluntary support of industry

Brochures

How can we help?

Joachim QuodenPRO EUROPE s.p.r.l.

Rue Martin V, 401200 Brussels

Belgiuminfo@pro-europe.infowww.pro-europe.info

Phone: +49 171 201 70 55