Overview of Legal and Policy Framework Approaches for Plastic Bag Waste Management in African Countries
المؤلفون المشاركون
Nyathi, Brian
Togo, Chamunorwa Aloius
المصدر
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-8، 8ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-10-31
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
8
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Plastic bag waste is a major challenge in several African countries.
As a way of reducing the detrimental effects posed by plastic bags, governments have adopted various approaches for plastic bag waste management that include levies, bans and or the combination of the two.
Despite the adoption of anti-plastic bag policies in several African countries, there has been limited investigation regarding their effectiveness.
Thus, the present paper reviews the effectiveness of legal and policy framework approaches for plastic bag waste management in African countries.
This systematic review covers legal and policy framework approaches for plastic bag waste management in African countries since 2004 with a view to find their effectiveness.
Data sources included peer-reviewed journal articles, websites, books, reports, and dissertations.
The databases from which literature was retrieved included Elsevier, Taylor, Springer, institutional repository, and Google Scholar.
The current paper argues that poorly enforced plastic bag legislation, resistance from stakeholders, and limited effective substitutes are major factors hindering effective plastic bag waste management in Africa.
A six-step model developed by Patton and Sawicki assisted in evaluating plastic bag policies in varied African nations.
The study concluded that the key to effective legislation is hinged on consistent enforcement and educating the public to attain environmental buy-in.
African countries should adopt and implement the Patton and Sawicki six-step rationalist model to achieve effective plastic bag legislation.
African governments should enlighten consumers about other alternatives that are more specific to African countries, especially bags made of raffia and leaves.
The findings are limited in that there may be other relevant articles (beyond published articles) about policy and legal approaches for plastic bag waste management, which are not available in the public domain.
Therefore, data reviewed may not be exhaustible.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Nyathi, Brian& Togo, Chamunorwa Aloius. 2020. Overview of Legal and Policy Framework Approaches for Plastic Bag Waste Management in African Countries. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184447
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Nyathi, Brian& Togo, Chamunorwa Aloius. Overview of Legal and Policy Framework Approaches for Plastic Bag Waste Management in African Countries. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184447
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Nyathi, Brian& Togo, Chamunorwa Aloius. Overview of Legal and Policy Framework Approaches for Plastic Bag Waste Management in African Countries. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184447
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1184447
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر