Research and development consultancy services – Traceability of Chemicals in Plastics and in Plastic Products 2026 Tender

Klima- og miljødepartementet

About this tender

The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, which administers the Nordic programme to reduce plastic pollution 2025-2027 under the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment and Climate, is seeking research and development consultancy services on the traceability of chemicals in plastics and plastic products. The project responds to challenges that chemicals of concern in plastics pose for health, the environment and circular value chains. Better traceability would help regulators and industry identify and control these chemicals, improve the safety and transparency of recycled plastics, strengthen monitoring and compliance, support classification and control of plastic-related trade, and reduce data gaps across value chains. The consultant is expected to produce a consolidated global overview of the methods, approaches and systems currently used to promote traceability of chemicals in plastics and plastic products along value chains. The aim is to identify practical, implementable and globally relevant options for improving traceability. These options are intended to give targeted input to the ongoing Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) and to support future plastic treaty implementation. The work is also meant to contribute to targets under the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) and the Stockholm Convention. The scope covers consolidating and assessing existing regulatory, technical and sectoral approaches in major jurisdictions, namely the EU, USA, China, Brazil, South Africa and selected Middle Eastern countries. Where possible, these approaches should be turned into prioritised recommendations for greater transparency. The deliverable is a publicly available report, to be issued through NordPub in line with the Nordic Council of Ministers guidelines (see Appendix 1 of the tender documents). The page does not state the contract duration.

Key requirements

• ✓Consolidated global overview of regulatory, technical and sectoral traceability approaches for chemicals in plastics
• ✓Coverage of EU, USA, China, Brazil, South Africa and selected Middle Eastern jurisdictions
• ✓Prioritised, implementable recommendations for transparency, delivered as a publicly available report issued via NordPub

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Circular economy funding supports reuse, repair, remanufacturing, product redesign and secondary materials markets. Grants tend to back pilots with businesses and local authorities, while tenders buy collection, sorting and recovery services. Applicants are usually asked to show the material flows involved and who will buy the recovered output.