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Dataset associated with "Advancing a Circular Economy Approach for Managing Plastic Pollution: Guidance for Evolving Plastic Governance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed"
Original title: Dataset associated with “Advancing a Circular Economy Approach for Managing Plastic Pollution: Guidance for Evolving Plastic Governance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed”
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This isn't a health study itself — it's a public database of laws and policies (global, national, and local) related to plastic pollution and "circular economy" solutions (reusing and recycling materials instead of throwing them away), created to support research on the Chesapeake Bay watershed. While it doesn't directly measure health effects, it matters because plastic pollution breaks down into microplastics that can end up in our water and food, and smarter policies for managing plastic waste are a key tool for reducing that exposure over time.
This repository item provides the policy analysis database that supports the study “Advancing a Circular Economy Approach for Managing Plastic Pollution: Guidance for Evolving Plastic Governance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.” The dataset was developed to document the legal and policy materials used in the study’s evaluation of marine governance and circular economy approaches to plastic pollution. It includes policy records from global, U.S. federal, state, and selected local jurisdictions, with associated source metadata for each item, including policy title, citation, policy type, status, issuing body, topic area, source website, source URL, and date accessed. By making these materials publicly available, this repository supports transparency in data collection, enables verification of the sources used in the analysis, and provides a reusable foundation for future comparative policy research.
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