PLASTIC LEAK PROJECT - IUCN

PLASTIC LEAK

PROJECT

Thailand Webinar 2021/01/27

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Agenda

INTRODUCTION IUCN, Maeve

THE THAILAND PLASTIC DATA SITUATION EA, Julien Boucher

THE PLP GUIDANCE IN A NUTSHELL Quantis, Anna Kounina

PLP CASE STUDIES Quantis, Anna Kounina

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS Quantis, Sarah Perréard

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NEXT STEPS AND Q&A Quantis, Sarah Perréard

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A SCIENCE BASED APPROACH TO TACKLING PLASTIC POLLUTIONW

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CONCLUSIVE REMARKS Quantis, Sarah Perréard

EA, Julien Boucher

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Objectives of this webinar

Introduce the PLP guidance

main principles

Contextualise the PLP

guidance for the Eastern and

Southern African countries

Connect and network with

interested new users

Test the “Annotate” function

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INTRODUCTION1

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Business Policy

KnowledgeCapacity Development

• 5 small-scale projects, focused

on promoting circular economy

strategies to reduce plastic

leakage into the ocean

supported

• National Hotspotting workshops

in 5 countries conducted

• Plastic Leak Project (PLP)

methodological guidelines

mainstreamed nationally

• Mapping on business commitments

and initiatives completed.

Publications:

• Review of Plastic Footprint

Methodologies

• UNEP-IUCN National Guidance

for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting

and Shaping Action

• 5 national policy inventories

completed

• Initial review by national

stakeholders completed

• Priorities for recommendations

identified

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IUCN pilot in Thailand

Pilot in 2020 to generate a

country data-set for the

baseline year 2018

https://plastichotspotting.lifecycleinitiative.org/

https://plastichotspotting.lifecycleinitiative.org/

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First science-based

methodology available

for companies

To map, measure and

forecast plastic

leakage along the

value chain

The Plastic Leak Project Guidelines

With sector-specific

guidelines and metricshttps://quantis-intl.com/strategy/collaborative-initiatives/plastic-leak-project/

https://quantis-intl.com/strategy/collaborative-initiatives/plastic-leak-project/

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Tackling plastic

2 pollution

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In praise of numbers

“If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it”

― Lord Kelvin

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LCA does not account for Plastic leakage

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LCA does not account for Plastic leakage

Ref. IUCN, 2018, Review of plastic footprint methodologies

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Science based approach to plastic pollution

Ref. EA/QUANTIS, Shaping a win-win plastic strategy

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Assess your footprint

Mitigate your footprint

Influence / Offset

Prioritise interventions

Converge on instruments

Identify Hotspots

Private SectorCorporate and product levels

Public SectorNational and

sub-national levelsReduce - Recycle

Reduce inputs -Recycle and manage waste

Disclose

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Establish the

background data

DATA /

KNOWLEDGE

ACTION /

DISCLOSURE

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Influence / Offset



Identify Hotspots





Disclose

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KNOWLEDGE

ACTION /

DISCLOSURE

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Influence / Offset



Identify Hotspots





Disclose

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DATA /

KNOWLEDGE

ACTION /

DISCLOSURE

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Abatement cost$ per tonne plastic leakage avoided

The end-goal: a corporate plastic leakage abatement strategy

Abatement potentialMtonne plastic leakage avoided per year

Removal of unnecessary plastics

Local sourcing

Material substitution (case 1)

Material substitution (case 2)

Collection projectsRecycling

Incorporate recycled content

Increased Carbon Footprint

Decreased Carbon Footprint

Unchanged Carbon Footprint

Replace the most leaking packaging for hotspot markets

WHERE TO ACT ? WHAT TO DO ? HOW TO MONITOR PROGRESS ?

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3 Plastic Situation

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Country Baseline

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Country Baseline

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Country Baseline

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Data Repository

PLP in a nutshell4

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The Plastic Leak Project Stakeholders

Strategic Committee

Member Organizations

Advisory Committee

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Download the guidelines: quantis-intl.com/plastic-leak-project-guidelines

The PLP Guidelines help identify the main sources and pathways of plastic

leakage, how much leakage occurs and where it ends up

The PLP model

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A plastic leakage assessment answers the

following questions:

Fate

What is the total

leakage along my

value chain?

Where does the

leakage occur

along the value

chain?

Which market is

responsible for

the leakage?

Which products

are contributing

to the leakage?

Which

polymers are

contributing to

the leakage?

Key results Value chain Country Market Product Polymer

How much

plastic will be

remaining

after 1 year?

In which

country does

the leakageoccur?

CASE STUDY5

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Context

Packaging type Weight

Primary packagingPET bottle:s 20 gPP lid: 3 g

Secondary packaging 20 g per six pack

Tertiary packaging 100 g per 1000 litres

• A fictional company Ice Tea Co. sells 1 billion litres of bottled

iced tea per year, typically in six packs of one litre PET bottles

• 100% of their sales are in Thailand

• Ice Tea Co.’s want to:

• Reduce its plastic leakage

• Increase its circularity

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Ice Tea Co. value chain

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Production Sites

Packaging disposal on site

Retail and Consumer Use

End-of-life

Creation of plastic pellets for production of products and packaging

Pellet Production

Packaging Production

* First and second packaging* Plastic bale* Mulching plastic * Fertilizer and pesticide packaging

On-Farm Use

* Mulching plastics lost in soil* Fertilizers and pesticides packaging

mismanaged at farm

Packaging disposal at retailer

Primary and secondary packaging disposal

Transport During Value Chain

Microplastics released due to tyre abrasion 1

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Macroplastic use / leakage

Downstream activities

Microplastic leakage

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Operational activities

Upstream activities

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Plastic waste at baseline year X (1)

Plastic waste

Primary packagingPET bottle: 20’000 t/yPP lid: 3’000 t/y

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LDPE film: 3’333 t/y

26’433 t /y

Tertiary packagingLDPE film: 100 t/y

Plastic waste

leakage

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Plastic waste at baseline year X (2)

Plastic waste


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26’433 t /y


Plastic waste

leakage

?From recycled sources: 20% of PET bottles

Circularity is estimated as 22% (based on the WBCSD Circular Transition Indicators)

22%

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Plastic leakage at baseline year X

Plastic waste


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26’433 t /y


Plastic waste

leakage

From recycled sources: 20% of PET bottles 2’798 t/y

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How to reduce leakage ?

Questions - 2 min using the Annotate function

Where would you act on the ice tea value chain ?

→ Add a sticky note “heart”

Increase recycled content

Switch to re-usable bottles

Take-back scheme

Subscribe to voluntary EPR

Sell as concentrate /

powder

Sell as bulk in refill-machines

Change the material of the

bottle

Redesign with non-

detachable lid

Use glass bottle

Organise beach clean-up

campaigns

Inform consumers

about danger of littering

Invest in plastic offsetting

credits

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Mitigation activities

Long term cost Short term investment Time

Avoidance: 25% of the original turnover is sold as concentrate

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Reuse: 50% of non-concentrate iced tea bottles are sold in reusable packaging. The reusable PET packaging weighs 40 g bottle / L and is reused on average 10 times.

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Increase recycled content: The recycled content of PET bottles is increased from 50% to 80%.

+ - Short / medium

Take back system on the Thai market

+ + + Long

Collect and recycle: Non detachable lid

+ - + Short / medium

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Reduction of plastic waste generation (1)

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Year X

26’433 t /y

Year Y

13’503 t /y

6’031 t /y

6’900 t /y

Avoidance: 25% of the originalturnover is sold as

concentrate

Reuse: 50% of non-

concentrate iced tea bottles are sold in

reusable packaging

Increase recycled content: The recycled content of PET

bottles is increased from 50% to 80%

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Reduction of plastic waste generation (1)

Pla

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Year X

26’433 t /y

Year Y

13’503 t /y

6’031 t /y

6’900 t /y

Avoidance: 25% of the originalturnover is sold as

concentrate

Reuse: 50% of non-

concentrate iced tea bottles are sold in

reusable packaging

Increase recycled content: The recycled content of PET

bottles is increased from 50% to 80%

From recycled sources: 80% of PET bottles:

7’600 t/y

Circularityincreases from 22% to 58% (based on the WBCSD Circular Transition Indicators)

From recycled sources: 20% of PET bottles

22% 58%

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Reduction of plastic leakage

2’798 t /y

528 t /y

1’315 t /y

Plastic use reduction

Take back system on the Thai market

Non-detachable lid

Pla

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784 t /y

Year X Year Y

171 t /y

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Summaryt

pla

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Plastic waste


4’000 t/y

Year X

26’433 t /y

Plastic use

Year Y


7’600 t/y

13’503 t /y

Leakage:

2’798 t/y

Plastic use

Leakage: 528 t/y

Plastic waste

Through various mitigation activities, Ice Tea Co. reduced plastic use and leakage in the value chain by year Y:

- Plastic use was reduced by 49%

- Plastic leakage was reduced by 84%

Further more, circularitywas increased from 22% to 58%

Next steps and Q&A6

Break-out sessions7

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Map knowledge and actions along your life cycle

Identify knowledge gaps and barriers to action

Build a way forward

Objectives

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IK/IWIK - “I Know / I Wish I Knew”Questions - 5 min using the Annotate function

1. IK:

Add a sticky note “star” if you know the plastic leakage at the different life cycle stages of your company/products ?

2. IWIK:

Add a sticky note “heart” if you do not have any information but would like to know?

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Production Sites


End-of-life

Pellets Production


Product manufacturing/ Agriculture

Transport During Value Chain

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Macroplastic use / leakage

Downstream activities

Microplastic leakage

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Operational activities

Upstream activities

• Mulching plastics lost in soil

• Fertilizers and pesticides packaging mismanaged at farm

• Pellets production, handling & transport

• First and second packaging production

• Plastic bales production

• Mulching plastic production

• Fertilizers and pesticides packagings used on the farm

• Packaging disposed on sites

• Production waste

• Packaging disposed at retailers

• Washing activities

• Grocery bags

• Packaging and product disposal

• Microplastic from tyre abrasion

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IA/IWIA - “I Act / I Wish I Acted”2

Questions - 5 min using the Annotate function

1. IA :

Add a sticky note “triangle” if you are undertaking this category of action at a satisfactory level

2. IWIA :

Add a sticky note “heart” if you wish to undertake more action (not satisfactory level of action because of knowledge barriers or other reasons)

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Setting priorities for actionQuestions - 15 min

1. Use the traffic light system below to recap informationsfrom the two previous slides

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Action already in place, efficiency monitored

Knowledge gap, no action

Action already in place, efficiency NOT monitored

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IK/IWIK IA/IWIA

Production Sites

End-of-lifePellets Production


Product/ ingredientManufacturing


Transport

• …

2. Note the main points of agreement/disagreement

COLLECTION

WASTE INFRA-STRUCTURE

CLEAN-UP & OFFSETTING

Conclusive words8

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Print screen to be pasted here during workshop

Wrap-up of the break-out groups

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Net Zero Plastic Leakage Strategy

GOALUse the best data and science available to identify hot spots of plastic leakage in your value chain. Based on this, define the strategy, action plan and communication plan to Net Zero Plastic Leakage.

DELIVERABLE1. Corporate plastic leakage

assessment2. Reduction goals strategy3. Offsetting strategy 4. Action plan for reduction5. Action plan for offsetting6. Claims, pledges, external

communication

1. Corporate Plastic Leakage Assessment The assessment of your corporate impact

2. Define ambitious & achievable reduction goalsIn your value chain – for what is in your control

3. Define an offsetting strategyFor what is outside of your control+

4. Define concrete actions to reduce plastic leakage

5. Define concrete offsetting actions / route+

6. Define claims, pledges and external communicationWith risk analysis, In accordance with credible external organizations in the field

Gather country / polymer specific data using most up to date methodologyPlasteax – a Quantis+EA corporate initiative

Establish the background data❑ South Africa ❑ Mozambique❑ Kenya❑ Tanzania ❑ Other countries (to be assessed)

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Next steps to your Net Zero Plastic Leakage Strategy

1. The goal of the plastic leakage assessment❑ Internal (insights) ❑ External (communication)

2. Product detail level ❑ Packaging leakage ❑ Full life cycle (including microplastics)

3. Number of markets❑ Global ❑ Region aggregated ❑ Region by country ❑ Country

4. Level of detail ❑ All plastics mixed❑ By polymer type (number of polymers)

5. Level of data collection investment wanted ❑ Currently available data ❑ Improved quality data (become a contributor to the Plasteax database)

OPTIONS❑ Quantis+EA does this

for you❑ Quantis+EA trains your

team or local consultants to do this

In order to define an offer, let us

know the following:

Get started with the project that will drive solutions and influence the future of how we tackle the plastic problem.

Sarah PerréardSenior Sustainability [email protected]

Ready to use PLP?

Contact us

Julien BoucherFounder & DirectorShaping Environmental [email protected]

Download the guidelines: https://quantis-intl.com/metrics/initiatives/plastic-leak-project/

mailto:[email protected]

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https://quantis-intl.com/metrics/initiatives/plastic-leak-project/

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