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Digital Technologies and the Regime Complex for Plastics in Nigeria

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Natalie Beinisch

Summary

This chapter examines how plastic waste management is governed in Nigeria using a regime complex framework, analyzing the interplay of domestic regulations, international agreements, and digital governance tools. Understanding governance fragmentation in major plastic-producing nations is essential for designing effective global solutions to ocean plastic pollution.

This chapter uses regime complex theory to map and assess the function of how plastic management is governed in Nigeria, within an international regulatory context. The rationale for using a regime complex approach is that it accepts that governance is fragmented, takes place across multiple levels and institutions and uses a variety of different regulatory tools. E-governance, which refers to the structural changes of governing through digitisation is an example of a tool of governance. This chapter first explains what regime complex theory is and its relevance to studying the governance of plastic management. It then outlines the role of digitisation in governance. Next, this chapter applies a regime complex approach to Nigeria by situating regulatory frameworks which have emerged and are being implemented in the country within an international regulatory context and exploring whether there are avenues for e-governance to take shape in the existing regime complex for plastics.

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