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超越塑料：非塑料替代品贸易相关政策措施审查

基础化工2024-07-15-联合国测***

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Executive Summary

Trade-related policy measures focusing on non-plastic substitutes have significantly increased over the past decade, affecting global trade dynamics. These measures, reported by member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO), encompass a variety of regulations and support mechanisms designed to enhance environmental sustainability, health, and safety. Key commodities targeted include paper, glass, and natural fibers such as bamboo, cotton, jute, and wool.

Key Findings:

Notification Trends: Notifications regarding non-plastic substitutes have witnessed exponential growth between 2009 and 2021, outpacing environmental-focused notifications but lagging behind plastic-related notifications.
Geographical Focus: Developing countries often prioritize technical standards, whereas developed economies tend to implement more supportive measures such as tax incentives and grants.
Scope of Measures: These policies cover environmental requirements, technical standards, and market-based supports. The focus varies among regions, with developing countries leaning towards technical regulation and developed nations emphasizing active support mechanisms.
Multilateral Debates: Discussions at United Nations and WTO forums highlight the importance of assessing the "sustainability, safety, and effectiveness" of non-plastic substitutes. However, notification texts lack specifics to conduct technical evaluations.
Common Objectives: Environmental sustainability remains the predominant objective among notified measures. Technical standards are more prevalent in developing economies, whereas active support measures are more common in developed economies.
Material Functionality and LCA: Environmental requirements are the most frequent type of measure. Material functionality and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) considerations are less frequently mentioned in WTO notifications.
Substitution Potential: While numerous non-plastic substitutes exist, their superiority or inferiority compared to plastics is context-dependent, influenced by factors such as end-use application, material properties, efficiency, substitution rates, geographical proximity, end-of-life management, and stakeholder responsibilities.
Decision-Making Tools: Tools like UNCTAD's Trade and Pollution Dashboard facilitate the comparison of environmental impacts of various materials, aiding decision-making on export implications by region, country, material, or impact type.
Regulatory Challenges: The diversity of trade-related policy measures presents challenges for multilateral efforts aiming to phase out plastics. Prioritizing simplification and harmonization of regulations is essential in forums such as the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution and the WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade.

Conclusion

Non-plastic substitute policies have evolved significantly, driven by growing concerns over environmental sustainability, health, and safety. While these measures offer promising avenues for reducing plastic use, they also present complexities and challenges, particularly in terms of standardization and harmonization. Ongoing discussions and collaborative efforts are crucial to navigate these issues effectively, ensuring a sustainable transition away from traditional plastics.

UNITEDNATIONSCONFERENCEONTRADEANDDEVELOPMENT Beyondplastics Areviewoftrade-relatedpolicymeasuresonnon-plasticsubstitutes Technicalcooperationoutcome Geneva,2024 ©2024,UnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopment Thefindings,interpretationsandconclusionsexpressedhereinarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheUnitedNationsoritsofficialsorMemberStates. ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofmaterialonanymapinthisworkdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. MentionofanyfirmorlicensedprocessdoesnotimplytheendorsementoftheUnitedNations. Photocopiesandreproductionsofexcerptsareallowedwithpropercredits. Thispublicationhasnotbeenformallyedited. UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2024/4 ii Acknowledgements ThisstudywaspreparedbytheDivisiononInternationalTradeandDevelopmentofUNCTAD,underthesupervisionandguidanceofChantalLineCarpentier,HeadoftheTrade,Environment,ClimateChangeandSustainableDevelopmentBranch.DavidVivas-EuguiandHenriquePaciniofUNCTADledthestudyteam. UNCTADgratefullyacknowledgesthesubstantivecontributionsofLorenzoFormenti,UNCTADConsultant,inthepreparationoftheoverallstudyandthetechnicalinputsofNicoleUnger(LifeCycleAssessmentExpert)forsection3. ThestudybenefitedfromcommentsfromGlenWilson(UNCTAD),DanielRamos(WorldTradeOrganization),MaheshSugathan(ForumonTrade,EnvironmentandtheSDGs(TESS)oftheGenevaGraduateInstitute)andIevaBaršauskaitė(InternationalInstituteforSustainableDevelopment(IISD)). ThispaperwastheconsequenceofcooperationbetweenthesustainablemanufacturingandenvironmentalpollutionandoceaneconomyandfisheriesprogrammesofUNCTAD,withthesupportoftheForeign,CommonwealthandDevelopmentOfficeoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandandtheGovernmentofPortugal. DesktopformattingwasdonebyRafeDent(UNCTAD)andLiaTostes. Abbreviations EPR Extendedproductresponsibility EPS Expandedpolystyrene EPRC EuropeanPaperRecyclingCouncil FMCGs Fastmovingconsumergoods GHG GreenHouseGas HDPE High-densitypolyethylene IISD InternationalInstituteforSustainableDevelopment INC IntergovernmentalNegotiatingCommitteeonPlasticPollution ITC InternationalTradeCentre LCI LifeCycleInventory LCIA LifeCycleImpactAssessment LDPE Low-densitypolyethylene LDC LeastDevelopedCountry LCA LifeCycleAssessment MSMEs Micro,smallandmedium-sizedenterprises OECD OrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment PET PolyethyleneTerephthalate PFOA Perfluorooctanoicacid PFOS Perfluorooctanesulfonicacid SMEP SustainableManufacturingandEnvironmentalPollutionProgramme TESS ForumonTrade,Environment,&theSDG TrPMs Trade-relatedpolicymeasures WTO WorldTradeOrganization WTODPP WTODialogueonPlasticsPollutionandEnvironmentallySustainablePlasticsTrade WTOEDB WTOEnvironmentalDatabase UNCTAD UnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopment UNEP UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme Tableofcontents Executivesummaryvi ChapterI Introduction1 ChapterII Notificationsoftrade-relatedpolicymeasurestoWTO5 Studyscopeandmethodology7 Notificationtrends2009-20217 Commoditiesandmaterialstargetedbynotifiedmeasures9 Typesofmeasuresandnotifyingmembers10 ChapterIII ContentandcoverageofTrade-relatedPolicymeasures13 Environmentalsustainability,health,andsafetyobjectives15 Insightintopolicymeasuresbycommodity/material17 Aluminium21 Ceramics21 Glass22 Agriculturalresidues,seaweedandalgae23 Naturalfibres(cotton,bamboo,jute,wool)24 ChapterIV Themulti-dimensionaltrade-offsofsubstitution27 Environmentalimpactsacrossthemateriallifecycle29 ManagingcomplexitywithLifeCycleAssessment(LCA)32 LCAandtradeinnon-plasticsubstitutes:UNCTADSMEP TradeandPollutionDashboard34 ChapterV Thewayforward37 References41 BeyondPlastics Areviewoftrade-relatedpolicymeasuresonnon-plasticsubstitutes Executivesummary Trade-relatedpolicymeasurestargetingnon-plasticsubstituteshaveproliferatedinrecentyears,impactinginternationaltrade.Thesemeasuresencompassrulesandsupportmechanisms,reflectingincreasedregulatoryfocusonsustainabilityandhealthaspects.MembersoftheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)havereportedvariousmeasuresaimedatnon-plasticsubstitutes,includingmaterialslikepaper,glass,andnaturalfibres(suchasbamboo,cotton,jute,andwool).Thesepoliciesestablishregulationsthroughoutthelifecycle,fromrawmaterialsupplytoend-of-life,andtargetproductsandby-productswithhighsubstitutionpotential. Whilenotificationsrelatedtonon-plasticsubstituteshavegrownexponentiallybetween2009and2021,theyremainslowerthanplastic-relatednotificationsbutfasterthanthosewithenvironmentalobjectives.Measuresspanenvironmentalrequirements,technicalstandards,andmarket-basedsupport,withdevelopingcountriesemphasizingtechnicalstandardsanddevelopedeconomies favoringactivesupportmeasuresliketaxconcessionsandgrants. InmultilateralUnitedNationsandWTOdiscussionsonplasticpollution,the“sustainability,safety,andeffectiveness”ofnon-plasticsubstitutesareactivelydebated.Thenotificationtextsdonotcontainspecificationsth

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