| Title |
Conceptualizing the Transnational Regulation of Plastics: Moving Towards a Preventative and Just Agenda for Plastics |
| ID_Doc |
19267 |
| Authors |
Johnson, H; Nay, Z; Maguire, R; Barner, L; Payne, A; Taboada, M |
| Title |
Conceptualizing the Transnational Regulation of Plastics: Moving Towards a Preventative and Just Agenda for Plastics |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Transnational Environmental Law, 11.0, 2 |
| DOI |
10.1017/S2047102521000261 |
| Abstract |
This article categorizes and evaluates how regulatory regimes conceptualize plastics, and how such conceptualizations affect the production, consumption, and disposal of plastics. Taking a doctrinal and policy-oriented approach, it identifies four 'frames' - that is, four distinct and coherent sets of meanings attributed to plastics within transnational regulation - namely, plastics as waste to be managed; a material to be prevented; a good (or waste) to be traded freely; and inputs or outputs in production-consumption systems. Based on this analysis, three significant deficiencies in the transnational regulation of plastics are identified: the failure to frame plastics in terms of environmental justice and human rights issues; insufficient focus on plastics prevention (rather than management); and the role of law in reinforcing its production and consumption. |
| Author Keywords |
International plastics regulation; Transnational environmental regulation; Plastics |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000792204300001 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Studies; Law |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Government & Law |
| PDF |
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B6BD29139610E779500C205A41FDB5E3/S2047102521000261a.pdf/div-class-title-conceptualizing-the-transnational-regulation-of-plastics-moving-towards-a-preventative-and-just-agenda-for-plastics-div.pdf
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