This article surveys the politics of plastics by considering how plastic flows (production, consumption, waste and pollution) and plastic objects (bags, bottles, microbeads, etc.) have been addressed by the scientific literature and politicized to different degrees.
We also look at emerging initiatives that take a more holistic view of the plastic crisis: a circular plastics economy and global plastic conventions.
We highlight the need for studies to further investigate the norms and practices that maintain the role of plastics in society, as well as the political and economic arrangements that secure its overabundance and low price.
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