Publications

Economic Measures for Packaging Waste Prevention

Economic measures provide basic economic and regulatory guidance to influence the demand and supply for particular packaging materials and/or product groups. They include…

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Is plastic waste the building material of the future?
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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…

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INTERSECTING on Bending the linear economy
E-Book

Volume 7 of INTERSECTING – in plastics, united we are! But it is time to bend the linear economy and turn 20% of the world economy circular by 2030. In the spring of 2021, the…

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Shah Alam's Baseline Report
Study on Shah Alam City’s Single Use Plastic (SUP) Baseline and the City’s Current Policies and Practices on SUP Management
White paper

In Malaysia, the project CAP SEA, which stands for “Collaborative Actions on Single-Use Plastic Prevention in Southeast Asia” is financed by the German Federal…

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Why are biobased and biodegradable plastic not part of the solution to reduce plastic waste?

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…

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Industrial Water Compendium - A Guide for Decision Makers in Industrial Wastewater Management in India and the MENA Region
E-Book

Discharges of wastewater from industrial activities represent a global challenge, with developing countries and emerging economies especially vulnerable to their…

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Material choices for environment-friendly packaging design
Material choices for environment-friendly packaging design
White paper

This report is based on a literature review of several LCA studies conducted to analyze the environmental impact of different packaging materials and…

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Design-for-recycling (D4R) – State of play
Design-for-recycling (D4R) – State of play
White paper

In an ideal circular economy, no primary resources shall enter production processes, but only recycled material. As a precondition, products must be…

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Considerations for packaging classification
Considerations for packaging classification
White paper

Globally, packaging waste has increasingly become an environmental problem. The problem is the large volume, the high resource intensity in production, the low…

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Plastic waste for affordable building material – the silver bullet?
Plastic waste for affordable building material – the silver bullet?

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-…

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