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The EU policy for a plastic economy: Reflections on a sectoral implementation strategy
Author(s) -
Pazienza Pasquale,
De Lucia Caterina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/bse.2445
Subject(s) - subsidy , circular economy , work (physics) , business , piping , environmental policy , plastic packaging , reuse , environmental economics , economics , waste management , engineering , market economy , mechanical engineering , ecology , environmental engineering , biology
After reviewing the main EU policy documents on the plastic waste issue, this work conceptualises an analysis framework to investigate farmers' attitudes to market‐based tools (i.e., subsidies, tax‐credits, and payback mechanisms in extended producer responsibility schemes) through which the introduction of an operational scheme for a better management of their plastic waste can be incentivised in line with the 2018 European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy. A total number of 1,783 farmers responded to a purpose‐built questionnaire. Results show that most of the plastic waste they produce is piping and packaging and that tax credit represents their most favoured incentivising tool.