CFP: LEAD Journal Special Issue—Designing Law and Policy for a Zero Plastic Circular Economy

SOAS University of London

The Law, Environment and Development Journal invites submissions for its special issue titled “Designing Law and Policy for a Zero Plastic Circular Economy”:

We welcome papers that address (but are not restricted to) any of the following themes:

  • Law and policy reform related to waste, plastics pollution, and the circular economy;
  • Environmental and sustainability aspects of waste and plastics;
  • Community and public participation in waste reduction and recycling initiatives;
  • Labour and livelihoods dimensions of the waste economy;
  • The use of technology and materials in designing zero-waste economy;
  • Environmental justice, pollution and waste management;
  • Sustainable Development Goals and the zero-waste circular economy;
  • Liability and responsibility for plastic pollution and waste under international and domestic legal regimes; and
  • North-South relations, development, international trade and waste.

Abstracts should be submitted to Jessy Thomas at leadjournal[at]gmail.com by June 1, 2018. For more information, please see the call for papers.

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Reference & Faculty Services Librarian, Temple University School of Law