Paula Baldó de AndrésÚltima semana de mes, muy complicada en lo laboral por mi parte, peeeero ¡que no falte un episodio de #RescateSostenibleCorporativo para arrancar la semana!
¿Conocías los créditos de plástico? A nosotros nos ha dejado un poco... así-asá
AWIPlastikgutschriften auch #PlasticCredits genannt, werden zur Bekämpfung der Plastikverschmutzung angepriesen. Eine neue Studie mit AWI-Beteiligung macht nun deutlich, dass sie genau das Gegenteil bewirken.
Um ihre Plastikproduktion auszugleichen, können Konzerne Gutschriften von Organisationen erwerben und damit Projekte finanzieren, die Plastik einsammeln. Ein internationales Expertenteam zeigt nun, dass solche Programme das Plastikproblem verschlimmern - und nicht verbessern.
Dr. Melanie BergmannIn our new PREPRINT, we examine #PlasticCredits as a compensatory measure for addressing #plastic pollution. Instead of reducing pollution, they could exacerbate fragmented plastics governance & reinforce legitimation of #wasteColonialism ultimately leading to #greenwashing.
#PlasticsTreaty
https://zenodo.org/records/14114318
#PlasticsTreaty
https://zenodo.org/records/14114318
Unpacking plastic credits: Challenges to effective and just global plastics governance
Amid growing concerns over plastic pollution and ongoing efforts to develop a global plastics treaty, this paper critically examines plastic credits as a compensatory measure for addressing plastic pollution. Despite claims of being a novel financing and control measure, plastic credits mirror the shortcomings of carbon credits and fail to account for the material complexities and varied impacts of different types of plastics. If linked to public policy, plastic credits risk creating regulatory loopholes and delaying more effective measures like sector-specific plastic reduction. We argue that plastic credits do not represent an innovative approach to genuine plastic pollution reduction or its financing; instead, they could exacerbate fragmented plastics governance and reinforce legitimation of waste colonialism. [This preprint version is currently under peer review]
Marco Dalla StellaI wonder what place, if any, will the #PlasticCredits have at the #COP27.
Plastic credits have many of the flaws of carbon credits, with the added problem that plastic cannot be a zero sum game.
Also, as we reported with Finnish publication Yle, the lack of a common standard is already being exploited by shady organizations that adopts a mix of MLM and Cryptos to sell customers self-declared "plastic neutrality packages" which may or may not be absolutely worthless.
