Publications

Considerations for packaging classification
Considerations for packaging classification
White paper

Globally, packaging waste has increasingly become an environmental problem. The problem is the large volume, the high resource intensity in production, the low…

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Plastic waste for affordable building material – the silver bullet?
Plastic waste for affordable building material – the silver bullet?

Could the use of plastic as a raw material for the production of construction material, especially for low-cost housing and shelters, give plastic waste a second life? Several companies and start-…

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Results of the Waste Sorting Analysis

As part of the GIZ global project “Support of the Export Initiative for Green Technologies”, the project module in Jordan “Introduction of an Extended Producer Responsibility system for…

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Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for Packaging Waste in Egypt

The mission assigned to the contractor, Black Forest Solutions GmbH and Landbell AG, was to develop an EPR scheme for packaging waste in Egypt, following best practices of the European Union…

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Measuring the contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The project measures of the global GIZ project are implemented in collaboration with bilateral projects of German technical cooperation in seven countries (Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,…

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Recycled content in plastic material with focus on PET, HDPE, LDPE, PP
Recycled content in plastic material with focus on PET, HDPE, LDPE, PP
White paper

In an ideal circular economy, no primary resources shall enter production processes, but only recycled material. The transition towards circular economy…

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Analysis of Markets and Technologies for Plastic Material Circularity in the Packaging Sector in Thailand
White paper

Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) provides the secretariat for the project CAP-SEA, which stands for “Collaborative Actions on Single-Use Plastic Prevention in Southeast Asia”. The project is…

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SUP and Packaging Waste Prevention Policy Recommendation for Thailand
White paper

In Thailand, increasing urbanization and changing lifestyles have spurred an enormous increase in the use of single-use plastics and packaging. Sound management of plastic waste is, thus, one…

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