Circular Economy / Sustainability
Development of Guidelines for Green Label for Plastic Products
Development of green label guidelines for plastic products including plastic packaging as intermediate products.
Background
Plastic carries the sharpest gap between environmental claim and environmental reality, and green labelling only reduces that gap if the criteria reflect what actually happens to the product at end of life. This work, delivered under the National Solid Waste Management Programme with GIZ, covered plastic products including plastic packaging used as intermediate products.
Objective
Support greener plastic production and climate-friendly circular economy practices in Egypt.
Outcome
The guidelines create a basis for distinguishing genuinely greener plastic products from marketing claims, with criteria tied to recyclability in practice rather than in principle. Addressing additives is central: a polymer that is technically recyclable becomes waste if its additive package prevents reprocessing.
Standards and frameworks applied
- ISO 14024 — Type I environmental labelling
- ISO 14040/14044
- Stockholm Convention
- Egyptian Waste Management Law 202/2020
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