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Sarah Morath explores the plastics problem with careful research, compelling examples, vivid insights, and thoughtful suggestions about the path forward - covering the laws, treaties, policies, organizations, strategies, and industries that will be critical to bringing an end to plastic pollution, and moving society toward a sustainable future. Dan Esty, Yale Law and Environment Schools; Editor, A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future From a fascinating history of plastics to a thoughtful review of policy options, this book will be a fun and valuable read for experts and the general public. Michael P. Vandenbergh, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School Plastic has gone from a technological marvel to a global 'wicked problem' with no silver bullet solution. Sarah Morath has assembled an indispensable guide for anyone hoping to learn about the origins and impacts of our plastic problem. Her extensive survey of multimodal and innovative governance responses will be an essential playbook for public and private policy makers from local to global scales. J. B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School, co-author of The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services

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Sarah J. Morath is a lawyer, a writer, an educator, and a scientist. Her interdisciplinary scholarship has appeared in a variety of publications and is widely read and cited. She is the editor of From Farm to Fork: Perspectives on Growing Sustainable Food Systems in the Twenty-First Century (University of Akron Press, 2016). Professor Morath holds degrees from Vassar College, Yale University, and the University of Montana School of Law. She is currently a law professor at Wake Forest University School of Law.

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