Regional Solutions: Export Measures for Plastic Recyclables to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution in the Pacific
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While widely acknowledged to be a global problem due to its complex causes and effects, marine plastic pollution presents distinct regional challenges for Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). In this context, there is significant scope to devise regional solutions, to complement global and national measures, and thereby address some of the gaps in the currently fragmented international legal landscape. After taking stock of national, regional and international measures, this paper considers such opportunities for regional responses to the export of recyclable plastics by PICTs to incentivise ongoing collection of these wastes and reduce the potential for generation of marine plastic pollution in the first instance. Such solutions could involve developing regional legal and cooperative infrastructure, including by building on existing shipping arrangements in the region that reduce the costs associated with carrying recycled wastes out of PICTs. Overall, these regional solutions offer a ‘middle way’ approach that can help address the in-country constraints PICTs face in managing wastes, including plastics, while also allowing efforts to be focused at a scale where effective solutions are most possible.
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While widely acknowledged to be a global problem due to its complex causes and effects, marine plastic pollution presents distinct regional challenges for Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). In this context, there is significant scope to devise regional solutions, to complement global and national measures, and thereby address some of the gaps in the currently fragmented international legal landscape. After taking stock of national, regional and international measures, this paper considers such opportunities for regional responses to the export of recyclable plastics by PICTs to incentivise ongoing collection of these wastes and reduce the potential for generation of marine plastic pollution in the first instance. Such solutions could involve developing regional legal and cooperative infrastructure, including by building on existing shipping arrangements in the region that reduce the costs associated with carrying recycled wastes out of PICTs. Overall, these regional solutions offer a ‘middle way’ approach that can help address the in-country constraints PICTs face in managing wastes, including plastics, while also allowing efforts to be focused at a scale where effective solutions are most possible.
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