Government policies combatting plastic pollution

This review analyzes the subject focus of 45 articles (published 2019–2021), dealing with government action to regulate plastic pollution. Policies described in the articles and introduced between 2016 and 2021 are clustered in four categories: production – consumption – disposal – circular approach...

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Published inCurrent opinion in toxicology Vol. 28; pp. 87 - 96
Main Authors Knoblauch, Doris, Mederake, Linda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.12.2021
Subjects
Bans
Plastic bags
Plastic pollution
Policy
Regulation
Single-use plastics
Policy
Regulation
Plastic bags
Bans
Single-use plastics
Plastic pollution
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Summary:This review analyzes the subject focus of 45 articles (published 2019–2021), dealing with government action to regulate plastic pollution. Policies described in the articles and introduced between 2016 and 2021 are clustered in four categories: production – consumption – disposal – circular approaches. Our results show that most published articles deal with bans on single-use plastic (SUP) items in one or more countries. While SUP bags are still the most regulated items, there is a growing number of regulations on other SUP items, such as Styrofoam products or microbeads. While policies and research focus heavily on the consumption phase, the production phase is not only under-regulated, but also under-researched. [Display omitted]
ISSN:2468-2020
2468-2020
DOI:10.1016/j.cotox.2021.10.003