Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment
This Commitment is the working framework for actions to reduce and eliminate single-use plastic. It is organised into five parts:
- Awareness-raising
- Reaffirmation of commitments
- Acquired commitments
- Call for action
- Projects
It is part of the series of projects aimed at reducing or eliminating single-use plastics that organisations have committed to undertake over the next twelve months. These projects reflect different lines of action:
- Promoting reusable items
- Greening
- Supply of products for users
- Reuse circuit/logistics
- Training/awareness-raising
The Commitment wants to be a driving force for change, and that’s why it aims join and bring visibility to the initiatives undertaken the city's organisations to achieve a plastic-free city. It also aims to act as a catalyst and a representative for actions and projects to reduce the use of single-use plastics in order to move towards a healthier society with a stronger commitment to the future.
For this reason, a call for action was issued to the city’s different economic and social agents, city residents and the administrations to join in with their initiatives in order to show the city’s potential while also encouraging people to join in to oppose the culture of disposable items, focusing on single-use plastics.
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If you are interested in participating in the Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment by joining the actions and projects in the city aimed at reducing and eliminating single-use plastic, feel free to fill out the following form.
You can join us with any action or project to reduce or eliminate single-use plastic that you are planning, developing or executing or that has already been implemented in your activity or organisation.
To begin with, we propose four lines of action that can bring together or call to action, which could be extended with other projects while you are participating:
- Promoting reuseables in takeaway establishments (food and beverages)
- Promoting food and beverages offered in returnable packaging.
- Encouraging the purchase of reusable items
- Promoting the consumption of unpackaged water
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Members of the Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment have the following benefits:
- Recognition of the many transformative initiatives that exist in the city.
- Contacts with other organisations with the possibility of establishing new business relationships.
- Visibility as an organisation committed to sustainability and the reduction and elimination of single-use plastic in the city.
- Inclusion in Barcelona’s Zero Plastic Commitment route on the More Sustainable Barcelona Map.
- Seal for being an organisation that belongs to the Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment.
- Inspiration through the exchange of experiences with other organisations.
- Participation in a collective action in the city.
- Promotion of the culture of sustainability, as an objective of the company's social and environmental responsibility.
- Opportunity to further the precepts of the law (for example, the obligation to offer tap water).
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You can check the organizations currently adhered to the Commitment in its itinerary on the B+S Map. It opens in a new window or in the following link:
> Organizations adhered to the Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment (in Catalan)
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The Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment is the result of the Zero Plastic CommitteeOpen in a new window, which was launched on 18 November 2019 to express the city’s desire for and commitment to zero waste, under the auspices of the Citizen Council for Sustainability, within the framework of the Zero Waste strategy and as one of Barcelona City Council's responses to the climate emergency.
Its mission has been to facilitate and accelerate the 47 voluntary projects to eliminate and reduce single-use plastic undertaken by the participating companies, organisations and administrations.
The Committee has been running for one and a half years (twelve working sessions and three sessions of the steering group), contributing knowledge, enriching the organisations’ projects and inspiring new actions.
More than 80 organisations took part, and it has been a space for multi-sectoral work, exchange, learning and reflection that has contributed to creating synergies among the different social and economic parties involved.
You can find all the information on the Committee’s sessions by clicking on this linkOpen in a new window.
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Organisations, economic activities and professionals that have applied measures to eliminate or reduce single-use plastics within the framework of the Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment will receive a 10% reduction on the resulting charges.
This discount is made through the procedure named ‘Reduction of the public charge for waste collection for participating in the Barcelona Plastic Zero Commitment”. It can be processed online or in person.
Check the application instructions (in Catalan) to find out how to apply correctly and what documents you need to submit
The reduced charge is valid for one year.
Conditions for applying for the reduced charge:
- Application period for the reduction: from 1 January to 4 April 2024.
- Assessment and response to applications: from 14 April to 30 May 2024, both included.
- Appeals and document amendments: from 8 April to 14 June 2024, both included.
- Review of amendments and appeals: from 17 to 28 June 2024, both included.
- Response to amendments and appeals: from 1 to 15 July 2024, both included.
For more information, check the public charge reductions page.
Joining the Barcelona Zero Plastic Commitment
Tax reduction of the public charge for participating in the Commitment
Sessions held
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Alliberem Barcelona de plàstics d'un sol ús
Presentació de les novetats i la feina feta l'últim any sota el marc del Compromís Barcelona Plàstic Zero.La jornada es va obrir a tota la Xarxa B+S i...
On:
Ajuntament de Barcelona. Sala Barcelona (Glòries)
Quan:
22/02/2024
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Un any del Compromís Barcelona Plàstic Zero
Després de tres anys de treball de la Taula Plàstic Zero i un de l’elaboració del Compromís Barcelona Plàstic Zero, l’Ajuntament de Barcelona continua...
On:
Ajuntament de Barcelona. Saló de Cròniques (Plaça Sant Jaume, 1)
Quan:
24/11/2022
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Acte de presentació Compromís Barcelona Plàstic Zero
Amb el Compromís Barcelona Plàstic Zero, la ciutat fa un pas endavant per la reducció dels plàstics d’un sol ús i per fer front a la cultura d’usar i ...
On:
En línia
Quan:
14/07/2021