Publications

	Economic Measures for Packaging Waste Prevention 2022-05-01 Economic measures provide basic economic and regulatory guidance to influence the demand and supply for particular packaging materials and/or product groups. They include… Read more
	Is plastic waste the building material of the future? VIDEO 2022-01-13 Plastic is one of the most used materials for consumer goods, packaging and as building material. The use of plastics in the building sector is greatly influenced by current megatrends: climate… Read more
	Why are biobased and biodegradable plastic not part of the solution to reduce plastic waste? 2021-11-23 Disposable, single-use packaging is convenient from the perspective of consumers. This holds true, for example, for takeaway food packaging. However, the high amounts of plastic consumed entail… Read more
	Industrial Water Compendium - A Guide for Decision Makers in Industrial Wastewater Management in India and the MENA Region (also available in French, German and Arabic) 2021-11-09 Discharges of wastewater from industrial activities represent a global challenge, with developing countries and emerging economies especially vulnerable to their… Read more
	Material choices for environment-friendly packaging design 2021-11-09 This report is based on a literature review of several LCA studies conducted to analyze the environmental impact of different packaging materials and… Read more
	Plastic waste for affordable building material – the silver bullet? 2021-11-02 Could the use of plastic as a raw material for the production of construction material, especially for low-cost housing and shelters, give plastic waste a second life? Several companies and start-… Read more
	Considerations for packaging classification 2021-11-02 Globally, packaging waste has increasingly become an environmental problem. The problem is the large volume, the high resource intensity in production, the low… Read more
	Recycled content in plastic material with focus on PET, HDPE, LDPE, PP 2021-11-02 In an ideal circular economy, no primary resources shall enter production processes, but only recycled material. The transition towards circular economy… Read more
	Design-for-recycling (D4R) – State of play 2021-11-02 In an ideal circular economy, no primary resources shall enter production processes, but only recycled material. As a precondition, products must be… Read more
	Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for Packaging Waste in Egypt (also available in Arabic) 2021-10-28 The mission assigned to the contractor, Black Forest Solutions GmbH and Landbell AG, was to develop an EPR scheme for packaging waste in Egypt, following best practices of the European Union… Read more