Project group 2 on plastic waste collection, recycling and other recovery including financing and related markets was established by the Plastic waste partnership working group. Four activities are foreseen in the workplan of project group 2:
Activity 1. Collect information, best practices and lessons learned to improve collection, separation and recycling systems of plastic waste, including through financing schemes such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), deposit return schemes, taxes, fees and other possible financial tools, e.g. for plastic packaging waste, agricultural films etc.; and on the implementation of such practices; and provide an analysis of these best practices, taking into account the informal sector;
Activity 2. Collect information on best practices and lessons learned to set up and increase capacity for environmentally sound recycling plastic waste, e.g. through innovative approaches in cooperation with various stakeholders with a special focus on:
- Financing schemes, including conditions to enable such schemes;
- Technologies for recycling; and
- Developing markets for plastic waste streams from intermediate recycling steps, taking into account countries’ different technical, geographical, possibilities for market access, financial or regulatory circumstances and different waste compositions.
Activity 3. Collect information on best practices on regulatory and voluntary measures, economic, technological tools, and other incentives for promoting the use of non-hazardous recycled plastics and the development of markets for recycled plastics and on the implementation of these measures and incentives;
Activity 4. Collect information on best practices and innovative technologies for separating or eliminating hazardous substances from plastic wastes during sorting and recycling.