INC-5: Towards a common understanding of the potential of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the context of the Plastics Treaty

The Global Action Partnership for Extended Producer Responsibility invites you to join our INC-5 side event:

Towards a common understanding of the potential of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the context of the Plastics Treaty

November 26, 11:30 AM (Korean Time)

Location Room 324, 3rd floor, Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), Busan

EPR has proven to be an effective tool to address plastic waste and pollution. It is recognised by the majority of the delegations in the context of the intergovernmental negotiating committee. The session will offer insight into experience with implementation in both advanced and less advanced economies and discuss how the adoption of EPR could be accelerated, including by actions taken under the plastic treaty.

Furthermore, there is rising support among industry stakeholders for use of EPR to boost recycling rates, with major businesses in the packaging value chain recognising EPR as a key policy approach and a necessary part of the solution to address plastic pollution.

The session will bring different perspectives together, and will address a number of issues and questions that arose in the negotiations and intersessional work. The discussion will provide clarity on two key potential roles that EPR could play in the context of the international treaty in plastics, as:

A potential control measure; and
A means of implementation