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Company reflexivity for plastics circularity : The transformative potential of reflexive environmental legislation in the EU
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This study examines EU reflexive environmental legislation — including the Single-Use Plastics Directive and proposed packaging regulations — analyzing how legal frameworks can drive company-level behavioral change toward plastics circularity and upstream pollution reduction.
Chapter 1 9 Ibid. 10 Directive 94/62/EC, n. 6 above. 11 Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment [2019] OJ L 155. 12 Proposal for a Regulation establishing a framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products, and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC, COM(2022) 142 final. 13 Proposal for a Regulation on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC, COM(2022) 677 final. 14 The EU has positioned itself as a key player pushing for upstream approaches in the global plastics treaty.See Directorate-General for Environment, 'Negotiations towards a New Global Instrument to Combat Plastic Pollution Advance' (20 November 2023) <https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/negotiations-towards-new
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