Sustainable Packaging Towards Marine Litter Reduction
Project Title: Development of Voluntary Guidelines on Sustainable Packaging towards Reduction of Marine Litter and Promoting Packaging from Alternative Materials through Market-based Approach
Project Description:
The Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI) is spearheading the project ‘Sustainable Packaging Towards Marine Litter Reduction’ to combat marine pollution. This initiative, funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, aims to promote sustainable packaging through the development of criteria under the National Ecolabelling Programme – Green Choice Philippines (NELP-GCP), creation of a private sector roadmap for sustainable packaging, and extensive awareness campaigns targeting stakeholders like retailers, policy makers, and consumers.
Project Objectives:
- Establish ecolabelling criteria to certify sustainable packaging, encouraging reuse, recyclability, and a shift towards eco-friendly alternatives over single-use packaging.
- Create a strategic roadmap for the private sector, outlining plans, proposing solutions, and identifying stakeholders involved in transitioning towards sustainable packaging.
- Drive sustainable packaging through an environmental education campaign emphasizing ecolabelling criteria, along with training, seminars, and policy recommendations to enhance awareness and implementation.
Project Activities:
- Project Inception Workshop
- Development of a Private Sector Roadmap for Sustainable Packaging Workshop 1: Mapping Out the Challenges and Impacts to Sustainable Packaging
- Development of a Private Sector Roadmap for Sustainable Packaging Workshop 2: Environmental Hotspots and Longlisting of solutions in the Packaging Sector
- Development of a Private Sector Roadmap for Sustainable Packaging Workshop 3: Prioritization and Shortlisting of Solutions in the Packaging Sector
- SCP Awareness Seminar: Cultivating Green Consumerism through Sustainable Practices in a Fast-Paced Society
- Policy Roundtable Discussion on Solid Waste Management and Promotion of Sustainable Packaging in Iloilo City and Bacolod City
- Policy Dialogue on Enhancing Solid Waste Management and Advancing Sustainable Packaging in Iloilo City and Bacolod City
- Green Choice for Green Products: An Awareness Seminar on the National Ecolabelling Programme – Green Choice Philippines
- Stakeholders Consultation Meeting on the Ecolabelling Criteria for Packaging Products
- Technical Committee Meetings for the Development of the Ecolabelling Criteria for Packaging Products
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Project Team:
Ms. Maureen Grace V. Lebria, Programmes and Projects Director
Ms. Erica Nicole D. Gomez, Project Officer
Ms. Annabelle S. Selibio, Project Coordinator
Ms. Kimberly T. Castillo, Project Assistant
Ms. Paulith Ann H. Aguilar, Research Assistant
The project “Sustainable Packaging Towards Marine Litter Reduction: Development of Voluntary Guidelines on Sustainable Packaging towards Reduction of Marine Litter and Promoting Packaging from Alternative Materials through Market-based Approach“, implemented by Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Inc., is funded by the ‘Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter’ project of the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ‘Rethinking Plastics‘ is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Expertise France.
More information: https://beatplasticpollution.eu/rethinking-plastics/
