对包装产业的回收和废弃物的影响(～2030年)

主要的事实

• 到2024年，全球将产生4.18亿吨包装废弃物。
• 1.34亿吨包装材料将透过掩埋、焚烧和环境洩漏的方式被处理。

包装产业的一个新兴主题是，包装废弃物的产生量与当前全球永续管理能力之间的差距日益扩大。在监管趋势、技术创新、不断变化的消费者需求和不断发展的经济状况的推动下，这种情况要求包装行业大规模、快速地向循环经济模式转型。

本报告对全球包装产业进行了研究和分析，并提供了有关废弃物产生和回收对包装产业的广泛影响的资讯。

目录

摘要整理

简介与调查手法

废弃物·回收产业主要的促进因素和趋势

• 简介
• 全球规模和趋势
• 废弃物产生
• 回收处置
• 废弃物产生增加的主要推动因素
• 经济扩张与消费变化
• 电子商务的影响
• 一次性模式的主导地位
• 材料选择的动态（向塑胶的转变）
• 人口因素：人口与都市化
• 缺乏废弃物预防政策和实施
• 包装废弃物和回收法规

主要的技术开发

• 简介
• 包装材料
• 纸板，成型纸浆，纸
• 软质塑胶
• 硬质塑胶
• 玻璃
• 金属
• 回收手法
• 再製浆
• 机械回收
• 化学回收
• 堆肥可能
• 废弃方法
• 焚烧
• 掩埋
• 被不合适管理了的废弃物(环境洩漏)

废弃物和回收对包装供应链的影响

• 简介
• 原料供应商
• 包装加工商/製造商
• 品牌拥有者/快速消费品公司
• 零售商（含电子商务）
• 消费者
• 废弃物管理与回收业

未来的包装的形势

• 从源头减少包装废弃物
• 重新设计材料以提高可回收性
• 增加消费后回收 (PCR) 材料的使用
• 开发替代包装材料
• 法规遵循与生产者延伸责任 (EPR)
• 供应链转型
• 专注于单一材料包装
• 消费者对永续包装的需求
• 回收基础建设投资
• 可回收材料和标籤的标准化
• 回收製程的技术进步
• 经济变迁包装与材料评估
• 增强可追溯性和透明度
• 联盟与伙伴关係
• 生命週期评估 (LCA)整合

废弃物和回收对包装的影响:各地区

• 欧洲
• 英国(UK)
• 德国
• 法国
• 西班牙
• 义大利
• 其他的欧洲
• 北美
• 美国(US)
• 加拿大
• 墨西哥
• 亚太地区
• 中国
• 印度
• 日本
• 其他的亚太地区
• 中南美
• 阿根廷
• 巴西
• 其他的中南美
• 中东·非洲

Key facts:

• In 2024, the world generated 418 million tonnes of packaging waste
• 134 million tonnes of packaging materials disposed of through landfilling, incineration, or environmental leaking

The theme emerging in the packaging industry is the urgent, growing disparity between the volume of packaging waste generated and the current global capacity to manage it sustainably. This situation requires a profound and fast transition towards a circular economy model for packaging, driven by regulatory pressures, technological innovation, shifting consumer demands, and evolving economic landscapes.

This report aims to provide an understanding of the wide-ranging impact of waste generation and recycling on the packaging industry. This includes a thorough evaluation of policy effectiveness, a focus on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes, the role of ongoing technological advancements in both recycling processes and disposal methods, the impact of consumer behaviour, the availability and adequacy of existing infrastructure, the economic viability of recycling initiatives, and the influence of packaging design on its end-of-life management.

Key Questions:

• How is urbanization driving waste rates?
• What technological advancements are being made to optimise packaging for recycling?
• How are countries attempting to manage packaging to reduce waste, without reducing volume of packaging?
• Where are the most prominent areas in the supply chain to observe change in recycling rates?

This report is essential to:

• Packaging raw material suppliers
• Packaging converters and manufacturers
• Retailers and brand owners

Table of Contents

Executive summary

Introduction and methodology

• Introduction and objective
• Report Scope, market segmentation and assumptions
• Packaging Materials
• Waste recycling methods
• Waste disposal methods
• Geographic markets
• Methodology
• Glossary and definitions

Key drivers and trends in the waste and recycling industry

• Introduction
• Global scale and trends
• Waste generation
• Recycling and disposal
• Primary drivers of increased waste generation
• Economic expansion and shifting consumption
• The e-commerce effect
• Dominance of single-use models
• Material selection dynamics (shift towards plastics)
• Demographic factors: population and urbanization
• Inadequacies in waste prevention policies and implementation
• Regulations on packaging waste and recycling

Key technological developments

• Introduction
• Packaging materials
• Board, molded pulp, and paper
• Flexible plastics
• Rigid plastics
• Glass
• Metals
• Recycling methods
• Repulped
• Mechanically recycled
• Chemically recycled
• Compostable
• Disposal methods
• Incineration
• Landfill
• Mismanaged waste (environmental leakage)

Impact of waste and recycling on the packaging supply chain

• Introduction
• Raw material suppliers
• Packaging converters/manufacturers
• Brand owners/consumer packaged goods (cpg) companies
• Retailers (including e-commerce)
• Consumers
• Waste management & recycling industry

The future packaging landscape

• Reduction of packaging waste at source
• Material redesign for enhanced recyclability
• Increased use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) Content
• Development of alternative packaging materials
• Regulatory compliance and extended producer responsibility (EPR)
• Supply chain transformation
• Focus on mono-material packaging
• Consumer demand for sustainable packaging
• Investment in recycling infrastructure
• Standardization of recyclable materials and labeling
• Technological advancements in recycling processes
• Economic shifts and material valuation
• Enhanced traceability and transparency
• Collaboration and partnerships
• Life cycle assessment (LCA) Integration

Impact of waste and recycling on packaging by region

• Europe
• United Kingdom (UK)
• Germany
• France
• Spain
• Italy
• Rest of Europe
• North America
• United States (US)
• Canada
• Mexico
• Asia Pacific
• China
• India
• Japan
• Rest of Asia Pacific
• South & Central America
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Rest of South & Central America
• Middle East & Africa

List of Figures

• Global packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Global packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Global packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Global material waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of total tonnes)
• The linear economy
• Impact of packaging on the supply chain
• Europe packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Europe packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Europe packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Europe packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

For each country:

• Packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

List of countries:

• UK
• Germany
• France
• Spain
• Italy
• Rest of Europe
• North America packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• North America packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• North America packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• North America packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

For each country:

• Packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

List of countries:

• US
• Canada
• Mexico
• Asia Pacific packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Asia Pacific packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Asia Pacific packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Asia Pacific packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

For each country:

• Packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

List of countries:

• China
• India
• Japan
• Rest of Asia Pacific
• South and Central America packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• South and Central America packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• South and Central America packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• South and Central America packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

For each country:

• Packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

List of countries:

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Rest of South and Central America
• Middle East and Africa packaging waste recycling and disposal, 2024 (% of total tonnage)
• Middle Eat and Africa packaging waste recycling and disposal by material type, 2024 ('000 tonnes)
• Middle East and Africa packaging waste disposal by disposal type, 2024 (% of tonnes)
• Middle East and Africa packaging waste disposal by material and disposal type, 2024 (% of material tonnes)

List of Tables

• Global: key packaging waste and recycling statistics
• Impact trends on the packaging industry from waste and recycling
• Global packaging waste per capita, by region and country (Kg/Ton)
• Global Recycling and disposal volumes (thousand tonnes)
• Global Recycling and disposal rates (percent of waste generated)
• Plastics Recycling and disposal rates (percent of waste generated)
• Fiber based materials (board, paper, moulded pulp) recycling and disposal rates (percent of waste generated)
• Glass recycling and disposal rates (percent of waste generated)
• Metal recycling and disposal rates (percent of waste generated)
• Global packaging waste, recycling and disposal per capita, (kg/person)
• Global disposal volume by country and region, 2024 by disposal method (volume in '000 tonnes and percent of total disposal volume)
• Impact trends on the packaging industry from waste and recycling

For each region/country:

• Key packaging waste and recycling statistics

List of regions/countries:

• Europe
• UK
• Germany
• France
• Spain
• Italy
• Rest of Europe
• North America
• US
• Canada
• Mexico
• Asia Pacific
• China
• India
• Japan
• Rest of Asia Pacific
• South and Central America
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Rest of South and Central America
• Middle East and Africa