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The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89492 The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms Murcott, Melanie ykangaloo@gmail.com Chetty, Yeshika UCTD Extended producer responsibility Personal protective equipment Environmental right Socio-ecological COVID-19 Pollution Single-use Plastic Waste Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2022. This dissertation analyses the efficacy of the newly introduced Regulations and EPR Notice as a mechanism to address the unprecedented upsurge of single-use plastic PPE pollution arising from COVID-19. While single-use PPE is effective as one preventative measure against COVID-19, improper waste management from discarded PPE gives rise to a socio-ecological disparities. PPE leakages into the environment destroy habitats and threaten wildlife; breakdown into microplastics which adversely impact everyone, especially marginalised and impoverished communities; and place a strain on local governments and municipal waste management systems to properly collect and dispose of PPE waste. The Regulations and EPR Notice are the most specific mechanisms to hold single-use PPE producers responsible for environmental pollution caused at the end-of-life stage of their product. This dissertation recognises through a human rights-based approach, the interdependence between environmental rights and human rights. The dissertation critiques the Regulations and EPR Notice to determine both the advantages and limitations of the law in addressing PPE pollution. Furthermore, this dissertation engages an integrated multidisciplinary approach to the complex single-use PPE problem, by offering various measures that, if implemented, may support and enhance the efficacy of the Regulations and EPR Notice in relation to PPE pollution arising from COVID-19. Centre for Human Rights LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights) Unrestricted 2023-02-14T10:30:48Z 2023-02-14T10:30:48Z 2023-04-01 2023 Mini Dissertation * A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89492 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.22083257 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Extended producer responsibility Personal protective equipment Environmental right Socio-ecological COVID-19 Pollution Single-use Plastic Waste The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms |
| title | The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms |
| title_full | The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms |
| title_fullStr | The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms |
| title_full_unstemmed | The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms |
| title_short | The efficacy of the legal framework regulating PPE pollution arising from COVID-19 in South Africa, and proposed reforms |
| title_sort | efficacy of the legal framework regulating ppe pollution arising from covid 19 in south africa and proposed reforms |
| topic | UCTD Extended producer responsibility Personal protective equipment Environmental right Socio-ecological COVID-19 Pollution Single-use Plastic Waste |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89492 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.22083257 |