by Clarisse Cheong

2.1. WHAT ARE THE 2025 REGIONAL PLASTICS TARGETS (ALSO KNOWN AS THE ANZPAC TARGETS)?

Members of the ANZPAC Plastics Pact will deliver efforts to contribute to the achievement of the following regional targets by 2025:

  1. Eliminate unnecessary and problematic plastic packaging through redesign, innovation and alternative (reuse) delivery models.
  2. 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025.
  3. Increase the current volume of plastic packaging collected and effectively recycled by at least 25% for each geography within the ANZPAC region.
  4. Average of 25% recycled content in plastic packaging across the region.

These targets cover the whole ANZPAC region and are not to be confused with Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets which focuses on all packaging (not just plastic).  

During the first year of the Pact, a Roadmap to achieving the ANZPAC Targets was created.