INF/TE/IDP/W/13  
 
5 April 2024  
(24-2938) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
DIALOGUE ON PLASTIC POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTALLY  
SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS TRADE (DPP)  
PLAN 2024  
The following communication, dated 05 April 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegations of Australia, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji and Morocco (DPP Coordinators).  
 
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1. This plan is intended to outline the implementation of the Ministerial Statement on Plastic 
Pollut ion and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (WT/MIN(24)/14). As per the Ministerial 
Statement the DPP co -sponsors will aim for concrete, pragmatic and effective outcomes on the 
agreed actions and understandings set out in the Ministerial Statement a t the latest by MC14. DPP 
coordinators will continue to lead the work of the Dialogue, with the support of the facilitators.  
 
2. The DPP will host two plenary and three  pre-plenary meetings in 2024 as set out in this plan. 
The DPP meetings are tentatively scheduled for the following dates:  
 
 
• 12 April (pre -plenary meeting)    
• 13 June (pre -plenary meeting)  
• 18 July (plenary meeting)  
• 19 September (pre -plenary meeting)  
• 31 October (plenary meeting)  
 
 
3. DPP meetings will continue to be open to all interested WTO Members and DPP stakeholders. 
The DPP will regularly review its progress towards the implementation of the Ministerial Statement. 
To advance further technical discussions and make progress towards concrete, pragmatic and 
effective outcomes, the DPP will maintain its current workstreams, which cover the agreed actions 
and topics from the Ministerial Statement and previous discussions in the Dialogue (see below). 
Workstreams will advance work  in intersession s through informal discussions or wor kshops. 
Workstreams will be held in an open, inclusive,  and transparent manner, and in coordination with 
the facilitators. Efforts of the workstream will be supported by evidence -based information and data, 
and any outcomes will be developed in consultatio n with Members, and relevant stakeholders, as 
appropriate, including those outlined in paragraph 4 below. Scheduling of workstreams will be 
managed to support the participation of co -sponsors, noting the resource capacities of delegations, 
in particular de veloping and least developed Members.  
 
4. Noting the value and importance of proactive engagement by a broad diversity of Members 
and relevant stakeholders – including inter alia  international organizations and institutions, trade 
and environmental authorities and domestic bodies, the private sect or, academia, and civil society 
–, relevant stakeholders will be invited to contribute to DPP meetings. The inputs of stakeholders 
are intended to enhance discussions through technical expertise and experience.  INF/TE/IDP/W/13  
 
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 POST -MC13 WORKSTREAM PLAN  
• Workstream – Crosscutting Issues (covering mainly action points 1, 2 and 6 of 
the MC13 Ministerial Statement)  
5. Topics include capacity building and technical assistance; fostering international cooperation 
on transparency and data, including on flows of single -use plasti cs, plastic films and hard -to-recycle 
plastics and plastic constituents; cooperation and collaboration with other international organizations 
and processes, including the ongoing negotiations under the Intergovernmental Negotiating 
Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in 
the marine environment (INC), the effective implementation by its Parties of the Basel Convention 
Plastic Waste Amendments and its Plastic Technical Guidelines and the ongoing 2027  reform of the 
World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized System (HS); collective approaches; issues of 
particular concern to leas t developed countries (LDCs), small, vulnerable economies (SVEs), Small 
Island Developing States (SIDS), and land -locked deve loping countries (LLDCs); and illegal trade in 
plastics.  
 
• Workstream – Reduction to Tackle Plastic Pollution (covering mainly action 
points 3, 4 and 6 of the MC13 Ministerial Statement)  
6. Topics include how trade -related cooperation could help to suppor t efforts to reduce plastics 
and plastic products that are harmful to the environment and / or human health, or unnecessary 
single -use plastics and plastics packaging, associated with international trade; promote cooperative 
and effective trade -related pol icies or measures to address the environmental, social and human 
health impacts and leakages across the full lifecycle of plastics, plastics products and their 
constituents; identify opportunities for harmonization, convergence or mutual recognition of 
trade-related plastic measures, including by collaborating with international and regional 
standardizing bodies; contribute to the control of transboundary movement of plastic pollution and 
progress towards environmentally sound and safe plastic waste managem ent; assessing the impact 
of regulatory measures, taxes and support measures on efforts to reduce plastic pollution, including 
on products and issues of interest for the agriculture sector (e.g. mulch film); and sharing 
experiences of effective approaches and best practices to move towards more circular 
resource -efficient and environmentally sustainable plastics trade.  
 
• Workstream – Promoting Trade to Tackle Plastic Pollution (covering mainly 
action points 3, 5 and 6 of the MC13 Ministerial Statement)  
7. Topics include environmentally sustainable waste management technologies; environmentally 
sound, safe and effective non -plastic substitutes and plastic alternatives; reused, repaired and 
recycled plastics, including by incentivizing increased reuse, repai r and recycling of plastics 
(considering evidence of their long -term impacts); identify barriers to and facilitate services and 
systems to collect, sort, reuse, repair and refill and services and technologies including for improving 
transparency, waste man agement and clean -up activities, in ways that consider the waste hierarchy 
and are appropriate to local development circumstances and needs, and in line with Basel Convention 
Technical Guidelines on Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic Wastes; enhan ced 
engagement with the private sector, in particular Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs ) 
women , and indigenous people -led businesses and developing country entrepreneurs; and 
technologies for environmentally sustainable and effective substitutes a nd alternatives of interest to 
developing Members and least developed Members including SIDS, SVEs and LLDCs.  
 
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