The Dual System Germany - “Der Grüne Punkt“ Solutions for Waste Management in Europe The Dual System Germany - “Der Grüne Punkt“ Management of plastic household packaging waste in Germany by Werner Kossmann GIZ Advisor ASEM Meeting on “Sustainable Marine Environment: Marine Debris” 3 August 2018, Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok, Thailand

Decreasing natural resources The Dual System Germany Mega Trends increase relevance of plastics packaging recycling Climate change Environmental pollution Decreasing natural resources World exhaustion day 2017: 2. August World exhaustion day 2017: 2. August World population > 9,6 billion by 2050

The Dual System Germany (DSD) Who is responsible for waste? EPR - Dual Systems: 100 % Cost and Control for household packaging

The Dual System Germany Lightweight packaging ….

DerGrünePunkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH The Dual System Germany DerGrünePunkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH Established in 1990 - first Producer Responsibility Organisation for packaging From Monopoly non-for-profit to competition now market leader Full-cost, full control of collection, sorting, recycling of household packaging

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The Dual System Germany The Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin

The German System Lightweight packaging ….

The German System Sorting and Recycling

The German System Lightweight packaging …. Sorting process

Manual quality control The German System Manual quality control

The Dual System Germany The Principle of EPR in Germany Obliged Producers/bottlers Register their packaging with a compliance scheme Pay by material and tonnage Consumers Pay for recycling via internalized cost of product Sort their packaging Save fees for residual waste in PAYT scheme Waste management Collects packaging based on tenders Sorts packaging based on tenders Recycle/recover materials as demanded by Compliance Schemes

The Dual System Germany Development of waste fraction quantities in Germany Overall waste from private households: minus 10 per cent Residual Waste: minus 57 per cent Landfill: 1990: 70 per cent 2014: no landfill Separate collection and recycling: 3.5 fold increase

The Dual System Germany Higher recycling targets for all materials! Target for plastics will increase from 36% to 63%! Material Target Packaging Ordinance Target 1 Jan. 2019 1 Jan. 2022 Glass 75 % 80% 90% Paper, board and cartons 70 % 85% Ferrous metals Aluminum 60 % Beverage carton packages 75% Other composites 55% 70% Plastics Mechanical recycling (plastic) 36 % 58,5% 63% Review additional increase in the material-specific recovery targets within 3 years after 1 Jan. 2022 Meeting higher targets greater sorting depth and more recycling = Targets are already being achieved today

The Dual System Germany Introduction Video: Der Gruene Punkt https://www.gruener-punkt.de/en/communication/media-center.html https://www.gruener-punkt.de/en/company/der-gruene-punkt.html

THANK YOU The Dual System Germany Werner Kossmann Project Director Integrated Waste and Wastewater Management for GHG Reduction Thai-German Climate Programme Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH c/o Pollution Control Department (PCD)  92 Soi Phahonyothin, Phahonyothin 7,  Phahonyothin Road, Phayathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand M +66 985356684 E werner.kossmann@giz.de