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  • 4 - An International Legal Framework for Marine Plastics Pollution

  • from Part II - Tackling Multiple Pressures on the Oceans
  • Edited by Froukje Maria Platjouw, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Alla Pozdnakova, Universitetet i Oslo
  • Book:
    The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans
    Published online:
    21 February 2023
    Print publication:
    20 April 2023, pp 46-57
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    This Chapter examines how the rule of law could be enhanced in relation to regulation of marine plastics and microplastics pollution. It provides an overview of the current legal framework which addresses marine plastics and microplastics and analyses what gaps remain within it. The fragmented nature of legal instruments regulating marine plastics and microplastics requires cooperation and coordination between sector-specific instruments and between multiple layers of regulation at global, regional and national levels. Furthermore, international regulations on marine plastics pollution should move forward towards a lifecycle approach of plastics, reflecting a turn from preventing generation of plastic to waste management.