This Special Issue aims to further explore governance issues in relation to the development of a circular plastics economy. There is currently very limited analysis of plastic production and disposal from a regulatory and governance perspective. There is also little scholarly consideration from a socio- or eco-legal perspective of the development of a circular economy for plastics. Much is written within other disciplines on both these topics, but there is a gap in the development of legal analytical discourse. This Special Issue, therefore, seeks original research articles, case studies or systematic reviews focusing on, but not limited to, the following:
- Legal mechanisms governing plastics and plastic products, such as environmental taxation, extended producer responsibility, ecodesign, product impact assessment, etc.
- Regulatory opportunities and challenges for fostering circular plastics economies (in which plastic waste is prevented, and plastic is reused, recycled or recovered with the aim of sustainable development).
- Contractual and intellectual property implications of designing products for circular plastics economies.
- Consequences of COVID-19 on the regulation of plastics. COVID-19 has resulted in the increase of single-use plastics.
- Justice and equity issues related to the governance of plastics.
- Multidisciplinary approaches to the development of a circular plastics economy.
- Sustainability approaches in relation to plastics and corporate governance.
- Business models and corporate governance for a circular plastics economy.
- REACH, other legislation on chemicals and their impact on the governance of plastics.
- International approaches, especially in relation to the impact of plastics on global commons such as oceans.
- Property issues and liability for harm from waste plastics.
- Employment law issues relating to waste pickers.
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Keywords
- plastics
- plastic waste
- circular economy
- waste law
- COVID-19
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