Unwrapping Victoria's general environmental duty to plastics communities: Synthetic statutes. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shirley, L M; Aprile, Miranda; Byrne, Hayley; Jessup, Brad; Liu, Shuai
• Is Part Of: Alternative law journal. Volume 47:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 210
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: Environment -- climate change -- activism -- community legal education -- public interest litigation -- public health law and policy -- Victoria; Law -- Australia -- Periodicals; Law -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Periodicals; Law reform -- Australia -- Periodicals; 349.94
• DOI: 10.1177/1037969X221111596
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1037-969X

Abstract

The manufacture, storage and disposal of plastics can have significant negative impacts on communities living near plastics facilities, which we have termed 'plastics communities'. This article discusses how the general environmental duty, under Victoria's reformed Environment Protection Act 2017, can be utilised by plastics communities. This duty has the potential to reduce the harm caused by plastics industries and contribute towards broader environmental justice.