The Circularity GAP Report 2024

The Circularity GAP Report 2024

Despite the circular economy entering the mainstream, global circularity is still in decline. The Circularity Gap Report 2024 underscores the urgency to shift from circular economy awareness to concrete actions that reduce environmental impacts. This year’s report introduces a roadmap to address declining circularity rates by focusing on three key areas: unlocking capital, enforcing policy […]

Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic Facts and Key Principles

Extended Producer Responsibility: Basic Facts and Key Principles

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach that makes producers responsible for their products along the entire lifecycle, including at the post-consumer stage. This policy paper summarises the current consensus on the EPR policy approach. This document synthesises the current implementing experience with the EPR policy approach to provide policymakers with knowledge on the […]

Plastic Policy Summit Report: Domestic Solutions for a Global Problem

Plastic Policy Summit Report: Domestic Solutions for a Global Problem

Building a Vision for a Plastic Pollution-Free Future Plastic waste in nature is an urgent issue with major adverse impacts on wildlife, ecosystem health, the integrity of food supplies, communities, and livelihoods. Currently, the equivalent of one dump truck’s worth of plastic enters our oceans every minute. By 2040, plastic production is predicted to double […]

Extended Producer Responsibility Guideline on Plastic Products & Packaging for Industries in Indonesia

Extended Producer Responsibility Guideline on Plastic Products & Packaging for Industries in Indonesia

Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) is widely recognized as a critical policy tool to encourage businesses to be held accountable for the end-of-life impacts of their plastic products and packaging and the development of eco-friendly products.  Indonesia’s government strengthens its commitment towards EPR by the launch of the Ministry of Environment and Forest Regulation No. P.75/2019, […]