Plastic Pollution Policy Database for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

A policy analysis database supports the study “Advancing a Circular Economy Approach for Managing Plastic Pollution.” It documents legal and policy materials used to evaluate marine governance and circular economy approaches. The dataset includes policy records from global, U.S. federal, state, and selected local jurisdictions, with associated source metadata.

Use Cases

• Comparative policy analysis based on policy type and issuing body metadata.
• Tracking the evolution of plastic pollution governance based on policy status and date accessed.
• Mapping policy coverage across jurisdictions based on geographic scope metadata.

Strengths

• Includes policy records from multiple governance levels (global, federal, state, local).
• Provides source metadata fields such as policy title, citation, type, status, and issuing body.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 19.7 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Developed to document legal and policy materials for a specific study.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 18:52:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chesapeake Bay Watershed, with records from global, U.S. federal, state, and selected local jurisdictions.