Addressing one of the most pressing environmental issues, this topical book carefully inspects the current extent of the plastic pollution crisis and observes contemporary approaches to its regulation. By adopting a strong interdisciplinary approach, the book fully encapsulates the key challenges and solutions surrounding this globally applicable problem.
Through critical analysis, this insightful book methodically identifies the faults in existing efforts to tackle the problem of plastic pollution such as often-fragmented regulation tactics, proposing potential approaches to policy reform. It utilizes stakeholder analysis to offer a study of key participants such as governments and industries and comprehensively surveys the ongoing nature of this provocative issue.
This comprehensive book will be crucial for students and scholars of law, economics, politics and environmental studies endeavouring to further understand the multi dimensional issue of global plastic pollution. It will additionally be valuable for policy- and decision-makers seeking to understand the challenges involved in environmental policy regulation.
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This book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars across various fields, such as law, economics, politics, and environmental studies, who seek a deeper understanding and combating of the multifaceted issue of global plastic pollution. Furthermore, it serves as an essential reference for policymakers and decision-makers grappling with the complexities of environmental policy regulation. -- Dilara Özer, Politics Today
Contents: Introduction: global plastic and its regulation PART I THE
PLASTIC POLLUTION PROBLEM, DEFINITIONS, SCOPE AND ALTERNATIVES
1. The plastic pollution problem, definitions, scope and alternatives PART
II NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REGULATORY APPROACHES TO PLASTIC
2. Plastic
regulation in the United States of America
3. Plastic regulation in the
Peoples Republic of China
4. Plastic regulation in Australia
5. Plastics
regulation in the European Union PART III GLOBAL CONTEXT OF PLASTIC USAGE
AND POLLUTION
6. Current international law and plastic
7. Crafting a global
plastics treaty
8. Drafting/Developing the components of an effective global
plastics treaty Conclusion: the current international response to the
regulation of plastic Index
Gerry Nagtzaam, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia, Geert Van Calster, Full Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium, Visiting Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and a practising member of the Belgian Bar, Steve Kourabas, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University and Elena Karataeva, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia
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