Strategic analysis of single-use plastic ban policy for environmental sustainability: the case of Pakistan

One of the challenging tasks for governments is to curtail the production and consumption of single-use plastic bags. Despite multiple advantages of plastic and its ubiquity, the environmental damage of single-use plastic bags is irreversible. However, policy intervention by the governments is also...

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Published inClean technologies and environmental policy Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 843 - 849
Main Authors Ali, Sharafat, Ahmed, Waqas, Solangi, Yasir Ahmed, Chaudhry, Imran Sharif, Zarei, Nasibeh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Climate change
Climate policy
Consumption
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental management
Environmental policy
Game theory
Government policy
Industrial and Production Engineering
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Original Paper
Plastics
Production
Public policy
Resource management
Sustainable Development
Pakistan
Climate change
Green bags
Pakistan
Strategic analysis
Environmental management policy
Environmental behavior
Game theory
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Summary:One of the challenging tasks for governments is to curtail the production and consumption of single-use plastic bags. Despite multiple advantages of plastic and its ubiquity, the environmental damage of single-use plastic bags is irreversible. However, policy intervention by the governments is also a need of the time to reduce its production and consumption. This study provides a strategic analysis of government policy options regarding the ban on single-use plastic production in Pakistan. A game-theoretic model is developed to examine the behavior of plastic bag producers vis-à-vis the government’s climate change policy. The study concludes that game theory is very effective in analyzing the efficient promulgation and productive implementation of environmental management policy regarding banning single-use plastic in Pakistan. Graphic abstract
ISSN:1618-954X
1618-9558
DOI:10.1007/s10098-020-02011-w