Research Handbook on Plastics Regulation

Research Handbook on Plastics Regulation

Law, Policy and the Environment

van der Marel, Eva R.; Kirk, Elizabeth A.; Barnes, Richard A.; Popattanachai, Naporn

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

10/2024

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9781802201512

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Contents
1 An introduction to plastics regulation: law, policy and the environment 1
Elizabeth A Kirk, Naporn Popattanachai, Richard Barnes and Eva R van der
Marel
PART I PLASTICS IN THE WIDER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT
2 Plastics and (the right to) health 17
Graham Hamley and Stephanie Switzer
3 Breaking the plastics-food connection: challenges and opportunities 38
Elizabeth A. Kirk
4 Plastics and petroleum 59
Tina Soliman Hunter
PART II THE REGULATION OF PLASTICS IN OTHER LEGAL REGIMES
5 Considering the plastics problem from an Earth system (law) perspective 80
Louise du Toit
6 Plastics and biodiversity 101
Edward Goodwin
7 Law of the sea in the 'Plasticene' 122
Karen N. Scott
8 Plastics regulation and international trade 145
Eva R. van der Marel
9 The role of patent law in promoting sustainability transitions with plastics 167
Rosa Maria Ballardini and Juha Vesala
PART III THE REGULATION OF PLASTICS IN REGIONAL AND
DOMESTIC LEGAL SYSTEMS
10 The European Union and plastics 187
Tiina Paloniitty and Tellervo Ala-Lahti
11 International regulation of marine plastic litter in the North-East Atlantic 208
Yoshifumi Tanaka
12 Governance of plastics in the Arctic 229
Sarah E. Mackie and Kamrul Hossain
13 Oceania and plastics 248
Karen Raubenheimer
14 The regulation of plastics and plastic waste in Africa 273
Hennie Strydom
15 The regulation of plastics and plastics waste in Kenya 292
Gerphas Opondo
16 Applying the precautionary principle in dealing with the legal
challenges of plastic pollution in the Philippines 312
Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio
17 Legal issues regarding plastic pollution control in China 330
Yen-Chiang Chang, Kangjie Sun and Yu Wang
18 The opening of the single-use plastics policy window in the United
Kingdom: societal interest and corporate action align 354
Laurel Besco
PART IV THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF REGULATION AND PLASTICS
19 Plastics and the circular economy 375
Richard Barnes
20 Plastics, products and life-cycle thinking in the European Union 398
Rosalind Malcolm and Alexandra Mikheeva-Ashe
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Plastics regulation; Plastics pollution; Plastics and ecosystems; Plastics treaty; Waste regulation