The Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, INC. (PCEPSDI), through its Sustainable Packaging Towards Marine Litter Reduction Project, held a Training Webinar entitled “Development of a Private Sector Roadmap for Sustainable Packaging Workshop 2: Environmental Hotspots and Longlisting Solutions in the Packaging Sector” on September 15, 2021. The webinar aims for different private and public sectors in the Philippines to develop their roadmap for sustainable packaging, as well as to identify Environmental hotspots found throughout the main value chain stages – sourcing raw materials, manufacturing/production, distribution & sales, use/consumption, and end of life (waste) – will then be identified and prioritized by participants in this second workshop. Right after, the results will be used to create a long list of solutions for sustainable packaging, which will be categorized into themes such as Management, Technology, Policy, and Financial.
During the webinar proper, Ms. Erica Nicole Gomez, the project officer of the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, INC. (PCEPSDI), provided the Opening Remarks by reintroducing PCEPSDI as well as the National Ecolabelling Programme – Green Choice Philippines (NELP-GCP) and highlighted some of what PCEPSDI and how NELP-GCP can help consumers choose environmentally-preferable products, and how the development of the sustainable packaging criteria is done.
The Project Consultant of Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI), Mr. Kiko E. Velhagen headed the draft Value Chain for Packaging. The draft was consisting of three major concepts, the value chain; which is the sequence of activities or parties that provide or receive value in the form of products and services, environmental hotspot; is a process or activity which accounts for a significant proportion of the environmental impact in the value chain and the systematic solution which is a strategic theme for a group of actions and interventions with the same overarching goal. The overall aim of this project is to provide guidelines on sustainable packaging towards reducing marine litter.
Ms. Paulith Ann Aguilar, the Research Assistant of Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI), provides examples of tested solutions that work.
Author: Engr. Augusto Luis Labos
