Research Handbook on Plastics Regulation

Law, Policy and the Environment

AvElizabeth A. Kirk,Naporn Popattanachai

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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This insightful Research Handbook addresses whether international, national and regional laws are able to address the challenges plastics pose. Expert contributors demonstrate that many laws on this topic are fragmented, and advocate for the development of systemic approaches which engage a broad range of actors to ensure effective regulation moving forward.Bringing together leading academics and practitioners, the Research Handbook on Plastics Regulation addresses key topics such as the interference of plastics in the human right to health and wellbeing, food security, biodiversity, ocean pollution, trade, and the use of petroleum. It proposes potential routes for the development of future plastics regulation through earth systems law, the circular economy, and intellectual property and life-cycle based approaches to product design. Fundamentally, the Research Handbook emphasises the crucial need for societal and equitable justice with regards to plastics use and the reform of regulatory practices.Providing legal insight on a pressing global topic, this Research Handbook is invaluable for law students and academics specialising in human rights, intellectual property, law of the sea/ocean governance and environmental law at a national, international or global level. It will also be beneficial to policymakers working in environmental regulation and governance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-13
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Research Handbooks in Environmental Law series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781802201512

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Edited by Elizabeth A. Kirk, Professor Emerita, School of Law, University of Lincoln, UK, Naporn Popattanachai, School of Law, University of Galway, Ireland, Richard Barnes, School of Law, University of Lincoln, UK and Faculty of Law, Norwegian Centre for the Law of Sea, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Eva R. van der Marel, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

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‘The Research Handbook on Plastics Regulation offers a holistic perspective on the timely topic of plastics regulation and thereby closes a gap in legal scholarship.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents1 An introduction to plastics regulation: law, policy and the environment 1Elizabeth A Kirk, Naporn Popattanachai, Richard Barnes and Eva R van derMarelPART I PLASTICS IN THE WIDER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT2 Plastics and (the right to) health 17Graham Hamley and Stephanie Switzer3 Breaking the plastics–food connection: challenges and opportunities 38Elizabeth A. Kirk4 Plastics and petroleum 59Tina Soliman HunterPART II THE REGULATION OF PLASTICS IN OTHER LEGAL REGIMES5 Considering the plastics problem from an Earth system (law) perspective 80Louise du Toit6 Plastics and biodiversity 101Edward Goodwin7 Law of the sea in the ‘Plasticene’ 122Karen N. Scott8 Plastics regulation and international trade 145Eva R. van der Marel9 The role of patent law in promoting sustainability transitions with plastics 167Rosa Maria Ballardini and Juha VesalaPART III THE REGULATION OF PLASTICS IN REGIONAL ANDDOMESTIC LEGAL SYSTEMS10 The European Union and plastics 187Tiina Paloniitty and Tellervo Ala-Lahti11 International regulation of marine plastic litter in the North-East Atlantic 208Yoshifumi Tanaka12 Governance of plastics in the Arctic 229Sarah E. Mackie and Kamrul Hossain13 Oceania and plastics 248Karen Raubenheimer14 The regulation of plastics and plastic waste in Africa 273Hennie Strydom15 The regulation of plastics and plastics waste in Kenya 292Gerphas Opondo16 Applying the precautionary principle in dealing with the legalchallenges of plastic pollution in the Philippines 312Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio17 Legal issues regarding plastic pollution control in China 330Yen-Chiang Chang, Kangjie Sun and Yu Wang18 The opening of the single-use plastics policy window in the UnitedKingdom: societal interest and corporate action align 354Laurel BescoPART IV THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF REGULATION AND PLASTICS19 Plastics and the circular economy 375Richard Barnes20 Plastics, products and life-cycle thinking in the European Union 398Rosalind Malcolm and Alexandra Mikheeva-Ashe