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Peru

Actions and Progress on Marine Plastic Litter
Last Update : 2025/02/10

 

Policy Framework

National Action Plan

■ No

Legal Framework

Name(Year):

  • Legislative Decree No. 1278 “Solid Waste Management Law” This legislative decree was approved in 2017 by the Peruvian president.
  • Law No. 30884 “Law Regulating Single-Use and Disposable Plastic Packaging or Containers”, approved in 2018 by the President of the Republic.
  • Supreme Decree No. 003-2020-PRODUCE “Roadmap towards a circular economy in the industrial sector”. This legal instrument was approved in 2020.
  • Supreme Decree No. 011-2023-PRODUCE “Roadmap towards a circular economy in the fishing and aquaculture subsectors”.
  • Supreme Decree No. 007-2024-HOUSING “Roadmap towards a circular economy in drinking water and sanitation by 2030”.

Brief description:
In December 2016, Legislative Decree No. 1278 “Solid Waste Management Law” (hereinafter LGIRS) was approved. In December 2017, its Regulations were approved by Supreme Decree No. 014-2017-MINAM, and amended by Supreme Decree No. 001-2022-MINAM. The LGIRS recognizes the circular economy, extended producer responsibility, and the valorization of solid waste as principles in the comprehensive management of solid waste. It also indicates that the MINAM is responsible for promoting public and private, municipal and non-municipal initiatives that contribute to the reduction of the generation and danger, valorization, and proper management of solid waste, including plastic waste. It should be noted that, under the current framework, the primary purpose of waste management is to prevent or minimize its generation at source. Secondly, the valorization and material and energy recovery of waste is prioritized.

Law No. 30884 “Law Regulating Single-Use and Disposable Plastic Containers or Packaging”
Law No. 30884 was approved on December 19, 2018. The Regulations of Law No. 30884 were approved on August 23, 2019 by Supreme Decree No. 006-2019-MINAM. Both regulatory instruments aim to ensure that the consumption and production of single-use plastic goods migrate to reusable, recyclable or biodegradable plastic goods in order to transition to a circular plastic economy. This Law is framed within the principles and guidelines established in the LGIRS, especially with regard to the minimization, valorization and promotion of the circular economy, which will ultimately contribute to reducing the adverse impact on health and the environment due to the superfluous use of single-use plastic.

Supreme Decree No. 003-2020-PRODUCE, which establishes the "Roadmap towards a circular economy in the industrial sector", was approved in 2020 by the President of Peru. This roadmap is a legal instrument that seeks to promote and facilitate the adoption of circular economy models in the value chains of the industrial sector, allowing:

  1. 1) to incorporate the circular economy into the sector agenda and promote a comprehensive vision of the circular approach,
  2. 2) to identify the needs of the sector to promote circular businesses, and
  3. 3) to prioritize and execute actions that promote the development of sustainable value chains.

Likewise, Supreme Decree No. 011-2023-PRODUCE establishes the "Roadmap towards a circular economy in the fishing and aquaculture subsectors", promoting a sustainable approach in these key sectors. This roadmap defines concrete actions, deadlines, those responsible, actors involved and progress indicators, aimed at ensuring that the fishing and aquaculture subsectors achieve a fair transition towards a circular economy by 2030.

Likewise, Supreme Decree No. 007-2024-VIVIENDA approves the “Roadmap towards a circular economy in drinking water and sanitation by 2030”, promoting sustainable and circular practices in the drinking water and sanitation sectors.

■ In Preparation
Name:

  • Ministerial Resolution No. 0189-2021-MIDAGRI “Roadmap towards a Circular Economy in the Agricultural and Irrigation Sector”. Publication of the project.
  • Ministerial Resolution No. 0351-2023-MINAM “National Roadmap for Circular Economy to 2030”. Publication of the project.

Brief description:
Ministerial Resolution No. 0189-2021-MIDAGRI “Roadmap towards a Circular Economy in the Agricultural and Irrigation Sector”. Publication of the project. The project was published in July 2021 in order to receive opinions, comments and/or suggestions from public and private entities and the general public. The roadmap calls for adopting a circular economy approach in production chains, to ensure the efficient use and sustainable use of products, in the processes of production, harvesting, processing, transformation and distribution.

Ministerial Resolution No. 0351-2023-MINAM “ National Roadmap for Circular Economy to 2030 ”. Publication of the project. The project was published in November 2023 in order to receive opinions, comments and/or suggestions from public and private entities and the general public. This roadmap is an instrument for planning and guiding the policies, standards and practices of economic activities at the sectoral and territorial level for a fair, effective, coherent and coordinated transition of Peru towards a circular economy.

Indicators and/or Targets


■ Plastic recycling:
Indicators:

  • Percentage (%) of recovered PET/Polyethylene terephthalate compared to plastic generation
  • Percentage (%) of HDPE/high-density polyethylene recovered with respect to plastic generation.

Brief description:
Within the framework of DS No. 001-2022-MINAM, district and provincial municipalities report information on the management and handling of solid waste through the Sigersol Municipal platform. Through this platform, data on municipal generation, composition and valorization of plastic waste is collected and analyzed.

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Measures

Measures across Value Chain
  • Actions for encouraging sustainable / circular product design
  • Policy actions for encouraging plastic alternatives, recycled materials at production stage.
  • Steps taken towards restricting microplastics in products.
  • Reduce single-use plastic (shopping bags, straws etc.) by regulations or voluntary measures
  • Introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
  • Improve waste management and recycling system
  • Promoting plastic waste re-use, recycling and recovery opportunities
  • Install capturing trap/filter on drainage/river
  • Conduct clean-up activities in rivers/ wetlands/ beaches/ coasts/ coral reefs/ sea floor, involving local communities involving local communities
    • Product Specific Measures: ALDFG
  • Taken/to be taken National Level Action and/or Community Level Action on Clean sea initiatives including ghost net retrieval, ocean-bound plastics etc.
  • Taken actions for preventing abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) being generated.
  • Created/creating collection/recycling mechanism for ALDFG
    • Partnership and Innovation
  • Boost multi-stakeholder involvement and awareness-raising
  • Encourage/ Incentivize action by private sector companies to reduce/ sustainably manage their plastic waste.
  • Encourage public awareness on MPL issues through formal education system and/or curriculum for
  • Promote innovative solutions through Research & Development
    • Monitoring, Data Management, Understanding Flow of Plastics/MPL
  • Conduct Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of plastic products. What are the challenges if LCA is not conducted?
  • Conduct Material Flow Analysis (MFA) on plastics. What are the challenges if MFA is not conducted?
  • Conduct monitoring / estimation / scientific research on leakage of plastics/microplastics to the natural environment and/or flow of ocean surface. What are the challenges if these actions are not conducted?
    • International Collaboration
  • Participate in international cooperation through international
  • Support target region by your international cooperation initiatives/projects: South, Central and Southeast Asia
    • Measures across Value Chain
    Actions for encouraging sustainable / circular product design (example: improved durability, reparability, recyclability, reduction of material use per product…etc.) Yes
    Specific measures:
    • Clean Production Agreement is a voluntary agreement between the government and private companies that encourages the use of alternatives to single-use plastics.
    • Supreme Decree No. 003-2020-PRODUCE Roadmap towards a Circular Economy in the Industrial Sector”
    • Supreme Decree No. 011-2023-PRODUCE “Roadmap towards a circular economy in the fishing and aquaculture subsectors”.
    Policy actions for encouraging plastic alternatives, recycled materials at production stage. No
    Steps taken towards restricting microplastics in products. No
    Reduce single-use plastic (shopping bags, straws etc.) by regulations or voluntary measures (such as ban, levy, others) Yes

    ■ Regulatory Measures (e.g. ban on production, ban on use, etc.)
    Brief description:
    Ban on some single-use plastics (bags, straws, disposable utensils)
    Law No. 30884 does not seek to ban all types of plastic. The Law and its regulations seek to ensure that the consumption and production of single-use plastic goods migrate towards reusable, recyclable or biodegradable plastic goods in order to move towards a circular plastic economy.

    ■Economic measures (rates, taxes, subsidies, etc.)
    Brief description:
    Implement a consumer-paid tax on the use of plastic bags
    Law No. 30884 creates a tax on the consumption of plastic bags with the aim of discouraging the use of plastic bags and contributing to environmental conservation and sustainable development. The tax is gradual and is applied to the purchase of a single plastic bag by the person who buys it.

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    Introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Yes

    Specific Measures:

    Specific products Waste electrical and electronic equipment
    Nature of Responsibility ■ Collective producer responsibility
    ■ Individual responsibility of the producer
    Mode EPR required
    ■ Product recovery
    ■ Delivery points    		 Voluntary EPR
    -
    Eco-modulation
    (if applicable)

    Fees have not been determined by the scheme operator

    		Performance indicators

    ■ collection rate*
    Current: - % (Targets, if any: 80% from 3rd year onwards)
    ■ Others:

    *Please provide definitions:
    Collection rate = Total number of beverage containers collected by the scheme/Total number of beverage containers put to market)
    Brief Description

    Establish a special regime for the management and handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) as waste of prioritized goods, by determining a set of obligations and responsibilities of the actors involved in the different stages of management and handling, which includes activities aimed at the segregation, storage, collection, transportation, valorization and final disposal of WEEE, taking into account conditions for the protection of the environment and human health.

    Specific products Used Tires
    Nature of Responsibility ■ Financial responsibility
    ■ Collective producer responsibility
    ■ Individual responsibility of the producer
    Mode EPR required
    ■ Product recovery
    ■ Delivery points    		 Voluntary EPR
    -
    Eco-modulation
    (if applicable)

    Fees have not been determined by the scheme operator

    		Performance indicators

    ■ collection rate*
    Current: - % (Targets, if any: 80% from 3rd year onwards)
    ■ Others:

    *Please provide definitions:
    Collection rate = Total number of beverage containers collected by the scheme/Total number of beverage containers put to market)
    Brief Description

    The purpose of this standard is to establish a special regime for the management and handling of end-of-life tires (ELT) as solid waste of prioritized goods, by determining a set of obligations and responsibilities of the actors involved in the different stages of management and handling of solid waste, which includes activities aimed at segregation, storage, selective collection, transportation, conditioning, valorization and final disposal, taking into account conditions for the protection of the environment and human health.
    Improve waste management and recycling system Yes

    Specific Measures:

    • Two Special Regimes for the Management and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, as well as End-of-Life Tires, have been approved, which promote the recovery of these two types of waste.
    • Through the law that regulates single-use plastic and disposable containers or packaging, article 10 regulates the obligation to use recycled material in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles.
    • Municipal Management Improvement Incentive Program (PI) - Commitment 3: “Implementation of an integrated municipal solid waste management system”: MINAM, in coordination with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, within the framework of the Municipal Management Improvement Incentive Program, promotes that municipalities implement an integrated solid waste management system, prioritizing the recovery of organic and inorganic solid waste, in order to guarantee the protection of health and the environment.
    • Source Segregation and Selective Collection of Solid Waste Program (Recicla Program), through this instrument that must be developed, approved and implemented by provincial and district municipalities, strategies are formulated for source segregation, the design of selective collection of recyclable solid waste (organic and inorganic), as well as the definition of actions to guarantee the use of solid waste generated in their jurisdiction.
    • The National Registry of Recyclers aims to have systematized information on the formalized recycling organizations in the country and their members.
    Promoting plastic waste re-use, recycling and recovery opportunities Yes
    Specific measures:
    By Ministerial Resolution No. 0325-2024-MINAM, the First Update of the List of Inclusion of Investment Projects subject to the National Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), approved by Ministerial Resolution No. 157-2011-MINAM and its amending regulations, is modified. This update focuses on investment projects related to solid waste in the Environment sector, providing greater predictability to activity holders, which encourages the installation of adequate infrastructure for its management.
    Install capturing trap/filter on drainage/river No
    Conduct clean-up activities in rivers/ wetlands/ beaches/ coasts/ coral reefs/ sea floor, involving local communities involving local communities Yes

    Specific Measures:
    The Ministry of the Environment carries out “Save the Beaches” campaigns that seek to promote responsible management of solid waste, reduce the use of single-use plastics on our beaches and protect marine and coastal diversity.

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    Product Specific Measures: ALDFG
    Taken/to be taken National Level Action and/or Community Level Action on Clean sea initiatives including ghost net retrieval, ocean-bound plastics etc. No
    Taken actions for preventing abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) being generated. No
    Created/creating collection/recycling mechanism for ALDFG No
    Partnership and Innovation
    Boost multi-stakeholder involvement and awareness-raising Yes

    Specific Measures:
    Meetings have been held within the framework of the Multisectoral Technical Commission for the comprehensive management of single-use plastic.
    Encourage/ Incentivize action by private sector companies to reduce/ sustainably manage their plastic waste. Yes

    Specific Measures:
    Clean Production Agreement is a voluntary agreement between the government and private companies that encourages the use of alternatives to single-use plastics.
    Encourage public awareness on MPL issues through formal education system and/or curriculum for No

    Specific Measures:
    It should be noted that awareness-raising activities are carried out among citizens.
    Promote innovative solutions through Research & Development (e.g., subsidy program, investment fund etc.) No
    Monitoring, Data Management, Understanding Flow of Plastics/MPL
    Conduct Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of plastic products. What are the challenges if LCA is not conducted? No
    Scope: ■ National
    Conduct Material Flow Analysis (MFA) on plastics. What are the challenges if MFA is not conducted? No
    Conduct monitoring / estimation / scientific research on leakage of plastics/microplastics to the natural environment and/or flow of ocean surface.
    What are the challenges if these actions are not conducted?    		 No
    International Collaboration
    Participate in international cooperation through international organizations, multi-national groups, etc. Yes

    Specific Measures:
    “Peruvian plastics policy and technical assistance” initiative – World Bank Project “Plastic waste in remote and mountainous areas” - BRS Secretariat / UNEP Project “Capacity building to catalyse national and global actions and commitments to reduce plastic pollution, including in the marine environment” - UNEP “Memorandum of Understanding between MINAM and the World Economic Forum for a National Platform for Action on Plastics in Peru” - World Economic Forum (WEF) Electronic Waste Project Latin America PREAL - GEF
    Support target region by your international cooperation initiatives/projects: South, Central and Southeast Asia No

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    Challenges

    ■ Improving the recycling system
    Specific Challenges:

    • Insufficient plastics recovery infrastructure in the country, which limits the capacity to reuse recyclable materials.
    • Low citizen participation in the Source Segregation and Selective Collection of Solid Waste Program (Recicla Program).

    ■ Adequate waste management system (including lack of local capacity)
    Specific Challenges:
    One of the challenges in Peru is the implementation of clean points accessible to citizens, intended for the post-consumer recovery of plastic waste. Although there are efforts to promote this infrastructure, coverage is still limited, and its distribution does not always respond to the needs of the different regions. This, added to the lack of environmental awareness and local capacity to efficiently manage these points, makes it difficult to achieve an adequate plastic waste management system in the country.

    ■ Collection of data related to waste in general
    Specific Challenges:
    In Peru, one of the main challenges in collecting waste-related data is linked to the quality of the information reported. Many municipalities and actors responsible for waste management face difficulties in collecting, processing and reporting consistent and reliable data due to technical, financial and human capacity limitations. This generates inconsistencies and gaps in reporting, making it difficult to build a solid baseline for monitoring and evaluation. In addition, the lack of standardization in data collection methods and the absence of adequate validation negatively impact the quality of the information.

    ■ Collection of data related to marine plastic litter
    Specific Challenges:

    • Lack of detailed research on sources and transport routes of plastic waste to the sea.

    ■ Lack of financial incentives for waste treatment in general
    Specific Challenges:
    In Peru, although the legal framework for solid waste includes financial incentives for citizens, such as discounts on municipal taxes to promote segregation and proper waste management, their implementation by local governments remains limited.

    ■ Lack of financial incentives for technological development
    Specific Challenges:

    • Lack of financing mechanisms for pilot projects aimed at technological solutions for plastic waste management.
    • Weak connection between the academic and industrial sectors to implement technologies that minimize the generation of plastic waste.

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    Contact Details

    Name: Veronika Magaly Mendoza Diaz
    Position: Director of the Directorate of Solid Waste Management Instruments and Circularity
    Division: General Directorate of Solid Waste Management
    Organization: Ministry of Environment
    Email: [email protected]

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