Essays about: "Import ban"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Import ban.

  1. 1. What is the Connection Between the Import Regulations in Southeast Asia and the 2019 Changes to the Basel Convention Regarding Plastic Waste? : A Study on Governance Solutions and National Policy Responses to the Issues of Marine Plastic Pollution and the Global Plastic Waste Trade

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Laura Katharina Albinger; [2022]
    Keywords : Basel Convention; national import policies; marine plastic pollution; plastic waste trade; waste colonialism; waste dumping;

    Abstract : Since the 2018 Chinese plastic waste import ban, the global plastic waste trade has been increasingly problematized, especially considering the correlated global environmental issue of marine plastic pollution. Therefore, governance approaches are required to curb marine plastic pollution and regulate the plastic waste trade to prevent situations of “waste dumping” in Global South countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Revealing competition in post-Soviet economies : Belarus’ and Kazakhstan’s Comparative Advantage in times of trade shocks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media; Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier

    Author : Daniel Meleaku; [2022]
    Keywords : RCA; Competitiveness; Comparative Advantage; Agriculture; EAEU; Integration; Import ban; Russia; Belarus; Kazakhstan; RCA; Канкурэнтаздольнасць; Параўнальная перавага; Сельскагаспадарчы сектар; ЕАЭС; Інтэграцыя; Забарона на імпорт; Расія; Беларусь; Казахстан; RCA; Конкурентоспособность; Сравнительное преимущество; Сельское хозяйство; ЕАЭС; Интеграция; Запрет на ввоз; Россия; Беларусь; Казахстан;

    Abstract : In 2014, Russia imposed an import ban against a large variety of western food products. The ban served as a shield against foreign competition, including from Russia’s neighbours. In 2015-2016, a major drop in the Russian rouble’s exchange rate heightened Russia’s food products’ competitiveness versus its neighbours’. READ MORE

  4. 3. The dark truth behind plastic waste trade, the consequences of the Chinese import ban & the environmental damage of plastic waste trade using Life Cycle Assessment.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Olivia Lundmark; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese import ban; Life Cycle Assessment; Plastic waste; Plastic waste trade; Science General;

    Abstract : In recent years, plastic waste trade has received increasing attention due to huge amounts ending up in countries with high rates of mismanaged plastic waste and the environmental damage of plastic pollution. The EU has been exporting plastic waste to China for recycling purposes due to insufficient domestic recycling capacities, until 2018, when China decided to ban all imports of plastic waste. READ MORE

  5. 4. Recyclability by Design for Multilayer Plastic Flexible Packaging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Förpackningslogistik

    Author : Sonika Singh; [2020]
    Keywords : Recyclability by design; multilayer flexible packaging; PE; PP; plastic recycling; circular plastic economy; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Various recyclability by design (RBD) guidelines for multilayer plastic flexible packaging (MPFP) were assessed for consistency among parameter values. 9% consistency was observed, which is on the lower end of devised consistency scale. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Right to an Environment Free from Toxic Pollution & State Obligations to Eradicate Asbestos—Now is the time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Colette Heefner; [2019]
    Keywords : international human rights law; state obligations; toxic pollution; asbestos; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Asbestos mining and production manufacturing infringes on the right to live free from toxic pollution. Though as this right is not yet formally codified, this thesis will make a case for its recognition and concurrently push for a global ban of this fibrous set of naturally occurring minerals that are extremely hazardous to the human body. READ MORE