Navigating the Policy-Making process for Single-use plastics: Reduce, Reuse or Recycle? Sustainability visions, policy beliefs and strategies of stakeholders across sectors participating in the Dutch SUP policy-making process
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2024-08-05
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This study investigates the role of stakeholders in the policy-making process for single-use plastics(SUPs) in the Netherlands by addressing coalitions, their sustainability vision, policy beliefs and satisfaction with the policy output. It does so by analysing data from 54 organisations, collected through Dutch transparency law (WOO) and performing 13 semi-structured interviews amongst these organisations; the research identifies five coalitions: Festivals, Food- and plastic producers, Paper packaging producers, Drinks and on-the-go, and Sports. This study finds that recycling is the dominant sustainability strategy amongst stakeholders, despite academic recommendations favouring reduction and reuse due to the higher environmental costs of recycling. The study also reveals significant differences in stakeholder satisfaction with the policy output and different lobbying strategies, among which is the use of science. This study underlines the importance of understanding stakeholder dynamics and preferences in the process of reaching meaningful environmental policies. Findings contribute to further literature on the role of private parties in environmental policy-making and offer practical insights into how parties operate within such a process. Finally, it strongly recommends improved attention to the R-ladder when it comes to policy-making for circularity.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen