The evolutionary trend and impact of global plastic waste trade network
The evolutionary trend and impact of global plastic waste trade network
Marine plastic waste, global warming, and ozone holes have become global environmental problems that need to be resolved urgently. With the promulgation of plastic bans in many countries, the global plastic waste trade will undergo tremendous change. In order to explore the future evolutionary trend of the global plastic waste trade network, this paper focuses on the analysis of the import and export of plastic waste from major trading countries around the world. Based on the bilateral trade volume of plastic waste from 1990 to 2019, a global plastic waste trade network is constructed, and the structure and characteristics of the network are studied. The results show that the global plastic waste trade network has shifted its center of gravity, and the import center has gradually shifted from China to Southeast Asia. The global plastic waste trade network presents a sparse state. Moreover, the dependence of related countries on plastic waste trade decreases, whilst the closeness of trade links also decreases. Sudden factors such as plastic waste import bans have a disruptive impact on plastic waste management.
Complex network, Global plastic waste, International trade
Zhao, Changping
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Liu, Mengru
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Du, Huanzheng
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Gong, Yu
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April 2021
Zhao, Changping
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Liu, Mengru
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Du, Huanzheng
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Gong, Yu
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Zhao, Changping, Liu, Mengru, Du, Huanzheng and Gong, Yu
(2021)
The evolutionary trend and impact of global plastic waste trade network.
Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (7), [3662].
(doi:10.3390/su13073662).
Abstract
Marine plastic waste, global warming, and ozone holes have become global environmental problems that need to be resolved urgently. With the promulgation of plastic bans in many countries, the global plastic waste trade will undergo tremendous change. In order to explore the future evolutionary trend of the global plastic waste trade network, this paper focuses on the analysis of the import and export of plastic waste from major trading countries around the world. Based on the bilateral trade volume of plastic waste from 1990 to 2019, a global plastic waste trade network is constructed, and the structure and characteristics of the network are studied. The results show that the global plastic waste trade network has shifted its center of gravity, and the import center has gradually shifted from China to Southeast Asia. The global plastic waste trade network presents a sparse state. Moreover, the dependence of related countries on plastic waste trade decreases, whilst the closeness of trade links also decreases. Sudden factors such as plastic waste import bans have a disruptive impact on plastic waste management.
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Accepted/In Press date: 20 March 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 March 2021
Published date: April 2021
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Funding: This research was supported by Social Science Fund of Liaoning Province (L18AJY010) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71974144).
Keywords:
Complex network, Global plastic waste, International trade
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449542
ISSN: 2071-1050
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