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.

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揭开维多利亚州对塑料社区的一般环境责任：合成法规

塑料的制造、储存和处置会对生活在塑料设施附近的社区产生重大的负面影响，我们称之为“塑料社区”。本文讨论了塑料社区如何利用维多利亚改革后的2017 年环境保护法规定的一般环境责任。这项职责有可能减少塑料行业造成的危害，并为更广泛的环境正义做出贡献。