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Sustainable Consuption and Production: The Costa Rican Experience

A joint effort of the Chamber of Industry of Costa Rica, CEGESTI y Technological Institute of Costa Rica with the support of the Swiss Government. Sustainable Consuption and Production: The Costa Rican Experience. Estados Unidos. Costa Rica. México. Belice. Honduras. República

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Sustainable Consuption and Production: The Costa Rican Experience

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  1. A joint effort of the Chamber of Industry of Costa Rica, CEGESTI y Technological Institute of Costa Rica with the support of the Swiss Government Sustainable Consuption and Production:The Costa Rican Experience

  2. Estados Unidos Costa Rica México Belice Honduras República Dominicana Nicaragua Guatemala El Salvador San Andrés Costa Rica Panamá Costa Rica Population: 4,000,000 Extension: 51,100 Km2

  3. Central American EcoDesign Project executed by CEGESTI and Technological Institute of Costa Rica with the support of Delft University 5 Case Studies in Costa Rica Food Industry Metalmechanic Ornamental Plants exports Furniture Training workshops on the EcoDesign methodology Industrial Design degree at the ITCR Before the NCPC

  4. Case: EcoDesign • Benefits: • 20% reduction of polyethylene in secondary packaging. • 3% reduction in primary packaging. • 7 000 less cardboard boxes per year. CEGESTI and ITCR carried out the Central American EcoDesign Project with the support of Delft University

  5. Awareness raising on Sustainable Consumption as part of the promotion of CP Training of government officials, academics and technicians from companies in EcoDesign, LCA and Sustainable Consumption EcoDesign LCA using the EMIS Software tool Improving Competitiveness and decision making using LCA Sustainable Consumption and Production Workshop Development of a National CP Policy that includes Sustainable Consumption and Production concepts NCPC Era

  6. Special Project development: National Material Handling Report (2002) LCA of BioDiesel Production from Palm Oil (2003) LCA and EcoDesign in the Plastic Industry (2004) Residual and Industrial By-Products Market – MERSI (2004) Sustainable Consumption as part of the CP – IPA’s Several CP Options identified in more than 50 enterprises with an IPA have Sustainable Consumption objectives NCPC Era

  7. National Material Handling Report • Management Instrument • Based in a study of material flow • December 2002

  8. Many material do not have alternative chanels Options may exist for materials with present channels It may identiffy new neaches for environmental enterprises in Recuperation, Recycling and Reintegration Country neads Management Instruments Policy Instruments Stackeholder Dialogo de Actores Integrated Product Policy (IPP) and Extenden Producer Responsability(EPR) Opportunities founded in Costa Rica

  9. 1. Used Oils 2. Batteries (Lead-Acid) 3. Dry batteries 4. Solvents 5. PET 6. Poly-laminated packaging 7. Packages /containers of high and low density polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, PVC suspension / emulsion Important data per material Material Data • Imports 36.500 ton/year lubricating and hydraulic oils • Import. 2.666 ton/year • 196 million units/year national production+ 948 ton/year imports. • Import. 15.627 ton/year • Import. 8.000 metric tons in 2000 • Import. 5,7 million tons poly-laminated -> TetraPak/PurePak • Generation of 54.495 ton/year to the waste streams

  10. Important data per material Material Data • 2% of waste in landills in the Central Valley (130.000 PCs in 2005) • Import. 400 ton/year of lamps Hg: ⇒33 kg/year / 8,25 mg per capita • 60 ton/month • 9.000 ton/year • Aprox. 43.800 ton/year 8. Electronic / Computer Equipment 9. Fluorescent Lamps 10. Aluminum cans 11. Tires and rubber 12. Industrial sludge

  11. Important data per material Material Data • Identified 43.000 ton/year • Identified 510.000 ton/year • Imports of 330.000 ton/year • 9800 ton/año provenientes de la actividad bananera, melón (envases, bolsas, plast. cobertura) • Average annual Imports 132.395 Kg. • Aproximatly 15.670 kg/year are disposed 13. Ferrous materials 14. Organic-biodegradable 15. Paper and cardboard 16. Agricultural Plastic 17. Refrigerants (CFC12) 18. Glass

  12. Tel: (506) 281-0006 Fax: (506) 234-6163 e-mail: cnpml@cicr.com website: www.cnpml.or.cr “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most of the people don´t recognize them” -Ann Landers

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