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For comparison with plastic reduction strategies estimated in Section “Global cost of actions towards zero plastic debris in ecosystems by 2040”, we multiplied year-by-year the total amount of plastic debris accumulated in the ocean with the global annual cost per ton of marine plastics across 25 years over the 2016–2040 period (using a discount rate of 3.5%, as for all other costs ...
- Acknowledgements
- Dalberg Advisors
- AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
- AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
- Post-use
- LIFECYCLE GHG COSTS
- Across the lifecycle, plastic is a significant emitter of GHG, with the emissions resulting from the plastic produced in 2019 imposing a cost of more than
- THE QUANTIFIABLE
- MANY OF THE NECESSARY SOLUTIONS ARE ALREADY KNOWN, BUT GLOBALLY WE HAVE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT THEM FOR SEVERAL REASONS
- CHAPTER 4: THE WAY FORWARD
- Agree on a harmonized set Agree on common policy Agree on global reporting Establish international of definitions & standards framework metrics & methodologies capacity building mechanism
- Eliminate direct and indirect discharge of plastic into oceans by 2030
- This would increase efectiveness of government eforts to tackle the plastic crisis. Harmonised
- In 2020, stakeholders across the plastic packaging value chain, including the government, collectively launched the SA
- How a treaty can help:
- SOCIETAL LIFETIME COST (PER TONNE OF PLASTIC PRODUCED)
- Mismanaged Waste Cost (per tonne of plastic produced)
The report was written by Dalberg Advisors, and the team comprised of Wijnand DeWit, Erin Towers Burns, Jean-Charles Guinchard and Nour Ahmed.
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Start negotiations of a legally binding international treaty to tackle all stages of the plastic lifecycle, stopping the leakage of plastic pollution into the oceans by 2030, thereby significantly contributing to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and paving the way for an accountability framework to address plastic pollution on a global level. T...
Deploy appropriate policy instruments that internalise the full cost of plastics and incentivise waste reduction, implementation of reuse models, the creation and use of recycled plastic over new plastic, and the development of viable alternatives to plastic that have smaller environmental footprints. Collaborate with industries and civil society ...
Energy recovery Leakage Reuse, repair Use Leakage Leakage
Note: Numbers in the figure are rounded to the nearest billion.
What is virgin plastic? Virgin plastic is the direct output produced from refining a petrochemical feedstock, such as natural gas or crude oil, which has never been used or processed before.
MARKET COSTS MARINE ECOSYSTEM FORMAL AND INFORMAL SERVICE COST WASTE MANAGEMENT
Organisations like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), World Economic Forum (WEF), and the Pew Charitable Trusts have outlined the necessary lifecycle approach to tackle the plastic crisis. Plastic imposes large costs and risks across the whole lifecycle, which means that eforts need to tackle all stages of the lifecycle. In response to this chal...
GLOBAL TREATY COULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MECHANISM FOR GOVERNMENTS TO EFFECTIVELY TACKLE THE PLASTIC CRISIS AND SECURE PUBLIC SUPPORT. GLOBAL TREATY ON MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION CAN BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TACKLE THE PLASTIC CRISIS IF IT IS AMBITIOUS ENOUGH AND ADOPTED BY MOST COUNTRIES.
Consistent standards to define Coordinated international Set out common reporting Funding to build waste products & processes... approach on national targets, & monitoring standards at management capabilities in key national action plans & minimum corporate & national levels markets ...applied across markets and requirements... along the plastic va...
Definitions and standards should be globally agreed and harmonised, such as a globally agreed definition of the word “recycling” and standards on what must be disclosed on plastic labels.
deinitions and standards will reduce the risk of illegal plastic imports undermining government policies (for example, what constitutes a single-use plastic bag will be consistent across countries so there is no risk of plastic bags being imported illegally). It would also facilitate recycling, for instance through labelling that discloses plastic’...
Plastics Pact, a national Plastics Pact which is part of the international Plastics Pact network under the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This voluntary agreement with time bound targets is an independent pre-competitive platform made up of industry members from resin producers to the informal waste sector and is supported by various NGOs, including W...
While these measures are heading in the right direction, a global treaty could provide the global coordination, access to research, and financial support required to increase efectiveness of South Africa’s plastic action. The treaty could provide the financial support needed for South Africa to undertake required expansions in their waste managemen...
Market price of virgin plastic GHG costs from production processes Health impacts of production processes Direct waste mgmt cost for govts GHG costs from waste mgmt
Health impacts of controlled plastic waste Ecosystem Service costs of Plastic Pollution on marine ecosystems Ecosystem Service costs of plastic pollution on terrestrial ecosystems GHG costs from un-controlled plastic waste
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Oct 29, 2024 · Decreased recreation also causes a range of physical and mental costs. Results: Researchers estimate a loss of 1-5% in marine ecosystem services as a result of plastic pollution. This reduction equals a loss of about $500 billion to $2.5 trillion per year. That’s about $33,000 per metric ton of plastic pollution.
May 1, 2019 · With the 2011 stock of plastic in the marine environment having been estimated between 75 and 150 million tonnes (Jang et al., 2015; McKinsey, 2015), this would equate in 2011, under 2011 levels of marine plastic pollution and based on 2011 ecosystem services values to each tonne of plastic in the ocean having an annual cost in terms of reduced marine natural capital of between $3300 and $33,000.
- Nicola J. Beaumont, Margrethe Aanesen, Melanie C. Austen, Tobias Börger, James R. Clark, Matthew Col...
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Sep 13, 2021 · A new report by Dalberg commissioned by WWF reveals that the lifetime cost to society, the environment and the economy of plastic produced in 2019 alone was US$3.7 trillion - more than the GDP of India - and unless action is taken, this cost is set to double for the plastic produced in 2040. As it stands, humanity now produces more than 200 ...
The report says that over 30 per cent of the natural capital costs of plastic are due to greenhouse gas emissions from raw material extraction and processing. However, it notes that marine pollution is the largest downstream cost, and that the figure of US$13 billion is likely a significant underestimate.
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