Socially Responsible Plastic

Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility

Series Editor: David Crowther

Recent Volumes:

Volume 1:NGOs and Social Responsibility
Volume 2:Governance in the Business Environment
Volume 3:Business Strategy and Sustainability
Volume 4:Education and Corporate Social Responsibility: International Perspectives
Volume 5:The Governance of Risk
Volume 6:Ethics, Governance and Corporate Crime: Challenges and Consequences
Volume 7:Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Age
Volume 8:Sustainability After Rio
Volume 9:Accountability and Social Responsibility: International Perspectives
Volume 10:Corporate Responsibility and Stakeholding
Volume 11:Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Governance: Concepts, Perspectives and Emerging Trends in Ibero-America
Volume 12:Modern Organisational Governance
Volume 13:Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility
Volume 14:Stakeholders, Governance and Responsibility
Volume 15:Governance and Sustainability
Volume 16:CSR in an Age of Isolationism
Volume 17:The Equal Pillars of Sustainability
Volume 18:Social Entrepreneurs: Mobilisers of Social Change

Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility Volume 19

Socially Responsible Plastic: Is This Possible?

Edited by

David Crowther

Social Responsibility Research Network, UK

And

Farzana Quoquab

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

Emerald Publishing Limited

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First edition 2023

Editorial matter and selection © 2023 David Crowther and Farzana Quoquab.

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ISSN: 2043-0523 (Series)

Abdul Haseeb ChaudharyDeakin University, Australia
Nupur ChopraNational Institute of Fashion Technology, India
David CrowtherSocial Responsibility Research Network, UK
Priti GadhaviNational Institute of Fashion Technology, India
G. P. T. S. HemakumaraUniversity of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Sanil S. HishanUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Zhang JialeUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Marcia KreinholdGreen Industries, Australia
T. G. Shamal MadhusankhaUniversity of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Asif MahmoodNorth South University, Bangladesh
Sharlin MahmoodTechnische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany
Pedro Antonio Martín-CervantesUniversity of Valladolid, Spain
María del Carmen Valls MartínezUniversidad de Almería, Spain
Nicholas McClarenDeakin University, Australia
Michael Jay PolonskyDeakin University, Australia
Farzana QuoquabUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Harleen SahniNational Institute of Fashion Technology, India
Shah SaquibBasel Institute of Commons and Economics, Germany
Anne SharpUniversity of South Australia, Australia
Tosin TiamiyuSunway University, Malaysia
Meagan WheelerThe University of Queensland, Australia
William Loh Wui LunEmerald Publishing Limited, Malaysia