Plastics Action Plan The New Zealand Packaging Accord

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Plastics Action PlanThe New Zealand Packaging
Accord
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Purpose of Presentation

• PNZ role
• Plastic Packaging
• Our responsibilities
• 4. Our Action Plan under the Accord.

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Plastics New Zealand

• Trade Organisation 60 years
• Representing New Zealand Plastics Manufacturers,
  Raw Material Suppliers Recyclers
• 170 member companies
• Represent 75 of the plastic products produced in
  New Zealand

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Sector Representatives

• Tony Miller - Chequer Packaging
• Paul Collins - Amcor PET Closures
• Carolyn Cox - Plastics New Zealand
• Jeremy Bardsley Best Practice Programme

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Types of Plastics Packaging

• Rigid (food non-food)
• Flexible (food non-food)
• Type of plastic 6 most commonly used for
  packaging

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Plastics Identification
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New Zealand Plastic Packaging Production
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Type of Plastic
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Volumes Origins

• Imported plastic packaging estimated as as much
  again (PacNZ)
• Types likely to be different eg more film
• Brandowners Retailers Responsible for this
  waste
• Need to ensure level playing field for NZ
  producers with importers

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Objective

• To improve the sustainability of packaging used
  in New Zealand, through
• improved partnerships, policies and processes
• brand owners and retailers accepting primary
  responsibility for product stewardship over the
  full packaging life cycle
• improved material and energy efficiency in the
  production, use and recovery of packaging
  materials
• supply chain initiatives to foster markets for
  sustainably produced packaged goods, including
  greater utilisation of recovered packaging
  materials

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Sustainable Packaging
Brand Owner or Retailer
Manufacturer
Consumer
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grocery brand owners /
retailers / importers
aluminium
gen. merchandise brand owners / retailers /
importers
glass
brand owners general / importers
paper
recyclers
plastics
local govt
steel
central govt
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Measures of Progress

• Mass Balance Data
• Trends /capita packaging waste to landfill
• Packaging design
• Markets for recovered material
• Programmes to achieve recycling targets
• Consumer information
• Promotion of the Accord
• Supply Chain Management

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Sustainability Initiative

• 5 yrs, 74 companies, 45 industry
• 8 commitments 10 Targets including
• Simple effective programmes in place for
  improving our environmental performance AND
• Sustainable design forms an important part of the
  decision making process AND
• We have annual forums with our stakeholders to
  progress a strategy for the full plastic product
  life cycle

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Best Practice Programme

• Regional programme run PNZ with 200,000
  government funding
• Started July 2003
• Meetings every 2 months
• 12 companies Auckland
• 12 South Island
• 12 Wellington, Hamilton, North Island by end of
  year

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South Island Companies

• Alto
• Aotea
• Astron Plastics
• Chequer Plastics
• Donaghys
• Elastomer
• General Cable

• Iplex
• Long Plastics Ltd
• RX Plastics
• Sullivan Packaging
• Talbot
• Tecpak

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Focus Best Practice

• Environmental Management Systems
• Cleaner Production
• Better Resource Efficiency
• Sustainable Design Practices
• Extended Producer Responsibility

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Cross Sector Issues
Brand Owner or Retailer
Manufacturer
Consumer
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Dealing with Barriers - Strategic Joint Projects

• Procurement Market Creation
• Economic feasibility Study on Plastics Packaging
  EPR options
• Develop a National Plastics Waste Strategy

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Measuring Our Progress

• Annual survey plastics manufacturers
• Annual survey plastics recyclers
• Recycling Targets
• Environmental Key Performance Indicators (EKPI)
• Product Reviews (audits)

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Environmental Bench Marks Key Performance
Indicators

• Industry survey
• Currently being trialed with 25 companies
• Start 2005
• Will create industry benchmarks demonstrate
  progress
• www.plastics.org.nz for members

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Specific Projects - 2004

• Specifiers Course Sustainable Design
• Degradable Plastics - Code of Practice
• HSNO transfer project
• Redevelopment of Education Kit
• www.plastics.org.nz
• Commission Economic Feasibility Study

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Plastics Sector Annual Report

• Next issue Winter 2005
• Will contain
• Progress report under Sustainability Initiative
  Accord Action Plan
• MBS results
• Industry KPIs
• Best Practice Programme Case Studies

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www.plastics.org.nz
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Contact Details

• Carolyn Cox
• Environmental Affairs Manager
• Plastics New Zealand
• 09 262 3773 ext 104
• carolyn.c_at_plastics.org.nz