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Strategic analysis of single-use plastic ban policy for environmental sustainability: the case of Pakistan

verfasst von: Sharafat Ali, Waqas Ahmed, Yasir Ahmed Solangi, Imran Sharif Chaudhry, Nasibeh Zarei

Erschienen in: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy | Ausgabe 3/2022

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One of the challenging tasks for governments is to curtail the production and consumption of single-use plastic bags. Despite multiple advantages of plastic and its ubiquity, the environmental damage of single-use plastic bags is irreversible. However, policy intervention by the governments is also a need of the time to reduce its production and consumption. This study provides a strategic analysis of government policy options regarding the ban on single-use plastic production in Pakistan. A game-theoretic model is developed to examine the behavior of plastic bag producers vis-à-vis the government’s climate change policy. The study concludes that game theory is very effective in analyzing the efficient promulgation and productive implementation of environmental management policy regarding banning single-use plastic in Pakistan.

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Titel: Strategic analysis of single-use plastic ban policy for environmental sustainability: the case of Pakistan
verfasst von: Sharafat Ali
Waqas Ahmed
Yasir Ahmed Solangi
Imran Sharif Chaudhry
Nasibeh Zarei
Publikationsdatum: 14.01.2021
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy / Ausgabe 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1618-954X
Elektronische ISSN: 1618-9558
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-02011-w

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