Plastic packaging Agenda item 8 Working Group meeting on waste statistics 25 March 2019

Plastic waste own resource Commission proposes own resources based on plastic packaging waste (PPW) not recycled Own resource contribution proposed 0.80 €/kg Definition: Plastic packaging put on the market - PPW recycled =Plastic packaging waste Based on monitoring-data under Packaging waste directive

Monitoring-data under Packaging waste directive Data already with high quality And consistent: strong correlation of PPW/cap with per cap Final consumption expenditure Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure Actual individual consumption Data collected since 1997 and improved over time Further improvements expected due to revision of directive with respect to more precise rules for calculation of recycling treatment of exports/recycling outside country average loss rates

Further improvements necessary Estimations of imports Estimation of private imports Estimation of internet trade Estimation of free riders To be developed further and to be harmonised

Further Harmonisations Uniform quality check reports Clarification „Other forms of recycling“ Introduced by the implementing act: Further Guidance Clearer Definitions New reporting formats

Working group is asked to give its opinion on the proposal on Preciseness of the data Room for improvements Harmonisation and further development of estimation procedures