Recommendations - ASEAN Conference on Combating Plastic Pollution - Enhanced Synergies and Collaborative

Table of Contents

• Ivana Suradja Aulia Salsabella Suwarno Reo Kawamura Michikazu Kojima 1
• List of Contributors 2
• Authors 2
• Contributors 2
• Foreword 3
• Foreword 4
• Foreword 6
• Foreword 7
• Table of Contents 8
• List of Figures 9
• List of Tables 10
• Executive Summary 11
• Background 11
• RECOMMENDATION 1 11
• Technical Strategies Across the Plastic Life Cycle 11
• Stakeholder Engagement for Plastics Circularity 12
• Finance and Investments for a Circular Economy 12
• ASEANs Role in the INC 12
• Conclusion 12
• Introduction 13
• Background 13
• We affirmed ASEANs commitment to implement the ASEAN Regional Action Plan on Combating Marine Plastic Debris and commended the progress of implementation of marine debris related 13
• Pollution which will be hosted by Indonesia. 13
• Structure and Framework 14
• RECOMMENDATION 1 18
• Technical Strategies Across the Plastic Life Cycle 18
• Background 18
• Upstream Recommendations 21
• Higher preference for virgin resins over recycled pellets due to lower production costs 21
• Midstream Recommendations 21
• Lack of product and packaging design standards. 21
• Limited scale of implementation of reuse and recycling to certain brands products and jurisdictions 21
• Greater preference for cheaper but less sustainable production options by companies 22
• Greater burden on consumers to reuse 22
• Lack of enabling environment and infrastructure for reuse 22
• Downstream Recommendations 23
• Lower rate of waste collection compared with plastic production resulting in low supply of recyclable materials for upstream processes. 23
• Lack of supporting infrastructure for plastic waste collection management and recycling. 23
• Lack of support for informal sector in waste collection processes. 23
• Differing levels of supply and demand for recyclable waste and recycled materials amongst AMS. 24
• RECOMMENDATION 2 25
• Stakeholder Engagement for Plastics Circularity 25
• Background 25
• Key Message 25
• Recommendations 28
• Lack of interest in or awareness of waste segregation recycling and reuse. 28
• Lack of collaboration and coordination amongst stakeholders. 28
• RECOMMENDATION 3 29
• Finance and Investments for a Circular Economy 29
• Background 29
• Key Message 29
• Recommendations 30
• Political and regulatory risks. 30
• High capital and other financial risks. 30
• Limited information on investments. 31
• RECOMMENDATION 4 32
• ASEANs Role in the INC 32
• Background 32
• Key Message 32
• Recommendations 34
• Different levels of participation in the INC process amongst AMS. 34
• Risk of misalignment of the treaty text with national and regional priorities regulations and standards. 34
• Conclusion 35
• ASEAN Regional Action Plan for Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Member States 36
• 20212025. 36
• Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 36
• Building Data on the Plastics Value Chain in ASEAN 36
• Member States 36
• Plastics and the Circular Economy 36
• Indikator perumahan dan kesehatan lingkungan 2020 37
• Making Reuse A Reality A Systems Approach to Tackling 38
• Single-Use Plastic Pollution 38
• Eco-Business 39
• International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Science 39
• Tropical Coasts 39
• The Phnom Penh Post 40
• Science Advances 40
• HuffPost 40
• Waste Management Research 40
• Frontiers in 41
• Environmental Science 41
• Improving Markets for Recycled Plastics Trends Prospects and Policy Responses 41
• Global Plastics Outlook Economic Drivers Environmental Impacts and Policy Options. 41
• Breaking the Plastic Wave A Comprehensive 41
• Assessment of Pathways Towards Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution. 41
• Gaceta Médica de Caracas 41
• Research Paper 41
• Issue Brief. 42
• 514 End Plastic Pollution Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument 42
• Nature Communications 42
• Market Study for Malaysia Plastics Circularity Opportunities and Barriers 43
• Market Study for the Philippines Plastics Circularity Opportunities and Barriers 43
• Market Study for Thailand Plastics Circularity Opportunities and Barriers 43
• Market Study for Vietnam Plastics Circularity Opportunities and Barriers 43
• Environment Development and Sustainability 43
• Annex 44
• RECOMMENDATION 1 Technical Strategies Across the Plastic Life Cycle 44
• RECOMMENDATION 2 Stakeholder Engagement for Plastics Circularity 46
• RECOMMENDATION 3 Finance and Investments for a Circular Economy 47
• RECOMMENDATION 4 ASEANs Role in the INC 47