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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile

The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.

The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.

SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.

"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."

"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.

This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.

As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.

It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.

 

Plastic waste reduction in Chile: Elements to deepen our regulation

Authors

Abstract

Data shows that plastic waste is aggravating climate crisis and it is generating serious violations of dundamental rights such as life, health, and the rigth to a healthy environment, all with a strong economic impact. Industry and consumers have not shown any reaction, in a issue that requires considering an adequate regulation to manage the problem. The adoption of measures needs to take into account different legal assets. In this, constitutional theory can provide elements of analysis, such as the system of balancing rigths or the effectiveness in the use of public resources. At the same time, the legal response should be shaped by environmental principles, such as non-regressión, promoting progressivity and preventing environmental damages. Regarding plastic waste, we can see the same regulatory movement at an international level, comparative, regional and local systems. In the legal reaction, one start point to consider is the prohibition of single-use plastics. However, even in a scenario with a lack of regulation and only considering our actual legal system, we already find ourselves in the legal need to adopt measures against the problem of plastic waste.

Keywords:

plastic waste, prohibition of single use plastic, regulation, fundamental rights

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