plastic`s legislation in latin america

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PLASTIC’S LEGISLATION!
IN LATIN AMERICA
WHAT SOCIETY THINKS ABOUT PLASTICS
IMPOSSIBLE TO RECYCLE
MAIN PROBLEMS!
(FROM SOCIETY’S PERSPECTIVE)
NON BIODEGRADABLE
MADE FROM NATURAL
RESOURCES NON
RENEWABLE
PLASTIC’S LEGISLATION
LATIN AMERICA
!
PLASTIC BAG REGULATIONS
Mexico
• MEXICO!
• COSTA RICA!
• COLOMBIA
Sustainable Production
and Responsible
Consumption
Costa Rica
Colombia
Brazil
Peru
• BRAZIL!
• PARAGUAY!
Plastic bag regulation initiatives
Paraguay
• PERU
Chile
• ARGENTINA!
• CHILE!
• URUGUAY
Banned the use of plastic
bags unless they are
biodegradable or
oxodegradable
Argentina
Uruguay
HYPERMARKETS
IS NOT JUST ABOUT PLASTIC BAGS……
MEXICO!
Green Initiatives (Taxes)
PET BOTTLES
ECUADOR!
Green tax on PET bottles. If you recycle you get
your tax back. Tax amount: US$ 0.02 per bottle.
PERU (MACHU PICHU)!
Banned the use of plastic packaging
PACKAGING
COLOMBIA (SAN ANDRES)!
Banned the use of plastics, however plastic
bags for medical waste and plastic cutlery
are allowed
….. WHAT WILL BE NEXT?
PS (POLYSTYRENE)
THERE ARE NO OFICIAL LAWS FOR PS, HOWEVER IN A MEXICAN LAW !
OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS, !
STYROFOAM HAS BEEN INCLUDED.
Artículo 6º Corresponde a la Secretaría el ejercicio de las siguientes facultades:!
XI. Establecer, los criterios y normas para la producción y el consumo sustentable de
productos plásticos incluyendo el poliestireno expandido, los cuales deberán atender a las
características específicas requeridas para cada producto y sujetarse a lineamientos técnicos
y científicos, basados en un proceso de análisis de las tecnologías vigentes; éstos deberán
emitirse considerando la opinión de los productores y distribuidores.!
Los criterios y normas que emita la Secretaría deberán considerar los principios de reducción,
reciclaje y reutilización en el manejo de las bolsas de plástico. Dichos criterios y normas
garantizarán que el ciclo de vida de las bolsas de plástico no sea mayor a diez años,
procurando la utilización de materiales provenientes de recursos renovables, como los
biopolímeros para su pronta biodegradación en los destinos finales…
.
PROBLEMATIC MATERIALS IN BOGOTA
Green and amber PET
Packages
PS
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RESIDUOS RECICLABLES!
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Papel y Cartón: cuadernos, papel periodico, cartulina, revistas, cartón,
tetra pack, directorios teléfonicos, cajetillas de cigarrillos, cajas de
cereales.!
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Plástico: botellas de bebidas y botellas de productos de aseo, tapas,
bolsas, empaques y paquetes, botellones de agua, utensilios plásticos,
baldes, platones, tasas, poncheros, cubiertos, cajas de Cds, Cds.!
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Vidrios: Botellas, colonias, licores, cosméticos, frascos.!
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Metales: latas, tarros, aluminio, ollas, chatarra, cobre, estaño, niquel,
bronce, aceros, plata, antimonio y zinc.!
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RESIDUOS NO RECICLABLES !
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Papel: contaminado, revestido de plástico, papel carbón, satinado, de
fotografía y adhesivo.!
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Recipientes con sustancias tóxicas, icopor, plásticos contaminados.!
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Residuos Ordinarios: servilletas sucias, platos, vasos y cubiertos
desechables usados y colillas de cigarrillo.
EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSABILITY (EPR)
Waste managment policies in which manufacturers are
responsible for taking back their products from end
users at the end of the products useful life, or partially
financing a collection and recycling infrastructure.
COLOMBIA
Pest-control
substance package
Computers
Batteries
Expired
medicines!
(out of date)
Ligth bulbs
Tyres
PLASTIC’S ASSOCIATIONS
LATIN AMERICA
MEXICO - ANIPAC
• PLASTIC HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT
AMONG ORGANIZATIONS, LEGISLATIVE BODIES
AND CONSUMERS. !
• PROJECTS LOOKING FORWARD TO PROHIBIT
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
• THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON:
1. Giving information about the life cycle analysis !
2. Working on plastic recycling projects!
3. Increasing the production of plastic products made from
recycled materials!
4. Developing educational campaigns specifically for kids
under 6 years old. “PLASTICHICA” Will promote the
3Rs (Reduce – Reuse- Recicle) through fairy tales.
CHILE - ASIPLA
• The plastic ID Code has been promoted!
• The second industry in the country that measures
the Carbon Footprint !
• Legal initiative promoted by ASIPLA at the Congress
of Chile
ECUADOR - ASEPLAS
• Green Tax PET bottles: If you recycle you get your tax
back. Tax amount: US$ 0.02 per bottle.!
• In 2012,1406 million bottles were produced, by th end
of the year, 1136 bottles were collected. This means
that the green tax increased the amount of collected
bottles from 30% (2011) to
( 2012) !
• Voluntary initiatives!
• Recycling campaigns
80%
ARGENTINA – Cámara de la Industria
Plástica
THE CAMARA HAS BEEN WORKING ON:
1. Giving information about Plastic's
Benefits!
2. Created ECOPLAS: web page. Works
on sustainable development of plastic
industry.!
3. Waste management
BRAZIL
• Two non profit associations: Plastivida and Cempre!
• Plastivida !
• Cempre: was founded in march 1992 by a group of
multinational and mayor brazilian corporations comitted
to promotig recycling, principally of packaging
COLOMBIA
RESEARCH ON PLASTIC’S PERCEPTION (2009)
POSITIVE
THE IMAGE OF
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
IS GOOD
NEGATIVE
THE PLASTIC IMAGE IS
BAD
SOLUTION
REAL EXAMPLES AND
LINKING RECYCLING
WITH SOCIAL
RESPONSABILITY
REAL EXAMPLES
ENKA RECYCLES ONE MILLION
PET BOTTLES EVERY DAY!
!
BOTTLE TO BOTTLE POSTCONSUME PET FOR FOOD
CONTACT
Located at Girardota-Medellin !
(Recycle levels of 28%)
REAL EXAMPLES
COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS
AVIANCA IS THE FIRST COMPANY IN SOUTH
AMERICA TO USE BIODEGRADABLE
PLASTIC CUPS THAT ARE COLLECTED
AFTER EACH FLIGHT AND TAKEN TO A
COMPOSTABLE FIELD
EXAMPLES
You can have the best tariff structures, the best
free trade agreement negociations and the best
conditions to produce, but you must address
the environmental issues, especifically waste
management, in order to make your business
sustainable
Plastic business must be based on the
generation of sustainble solutions for
environmental issues
thanks
Calle 69 No. 5-33 Bogotá, Colombia (57-1) 3460655 – 3463046. !
Fax (57-1) 2496997!
E-mail:[email protected]!
www.acoplasticos.org
www.auesp.gov.co
www.plastico.com
www.plastivida.com.br
www.plasticsnews.com
www.genpak.com
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