When one cannot bypass the byproducts: Plastic packaging waste embedded in production and export

doi:10.1111/jiec.13282

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	When one cannot bypass the byproducts: Plastic packaging waste embedded in production and export
	Gao, Xiang 1,2,3; Dall'erba, Sandy 4,5; Ellison, Brenna 6; Avelino, Andre F. T.7; Yang, Cuihong 1,2,3
	2022-05-24
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
ISSN	1088-1980
页码	15
摘要	While packaging is praised for reducing waste of perishable food products, packaging waste is a growing concern. Its least recyclable type, plastics waste, is increasingly polluting the marine environment and many developing countries are now refusing to take the waste from developed countries. Before responsibility can be established, one has to identify the key producers and consumers. This paper adjusts the packaging waste satellite account in EXIOBASE 3 by combining the official waste data published by the World Bank. Based on input-output methods, we find that the world's top suppliers of plastic packaging waste are the United States, China, and Brazil. Food and beverage products constitute the bulk of the problem. Yet, 21% of these countries' plastic packaging waste is induced export. At the global level, it is 25.8%. About 76.0% of export-induced plastic packaging waste corresponds to packaging of the exported goods that will ultimately be disposed of in the destination country; while the others correspond to the packaging used in their supply-chain and wasted domestically. We conclude that international efforts need to assign shared responsibility and promote improvement in plastic packaging recyclability.
关键词	environment responsibility environmental footprint global value chain industrial ecology input-output analysis plastic packaging waste
DOI	10.1111/jiec.13282
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[72103184] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[71988101] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[71673269] ; Chinese Scholarship Council
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000799216000001
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.amss.ac.cn/handle/2S8OKBNM/61316
专题	中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院
通讯作者	Gao, Xiang
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Acad Math & Syst Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Management Decis & Informat Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ Illinois, Ctr Climate Reg Environm & Trade Econ CREATE, Urbana, IL USA 5.Univ Illinois, Dept Agr & Consumer Econ, Urbana, IL USA 6.Purdue Univ, Dept Agr Econ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA 7.Natl Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gao, Xiang,Dall'erba, Sandy,Ellison, Brenna,et al. When one cannot bypass the byproducts: Plastic packaging waste embedded in production and export[J]. JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY,2022:15.
APA	Gao, Xiang,Dall'erba, Sandy,Ellison, Brenna,Avelino, Andre F. T.,&Yang, Cuihong.(2022).When one cannot bypass the byproducts: Plastic packaging waste embedded in production and export.JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY,15.
MLA	Gao, Xiang,et al."When one cannot bypass the byproducts: Plastic packaging waste embedded in production and export".JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY (2022):15.