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Abstract

This paper aims to show how environmental policy can change the direction of eco-innovation in an industrial sector. It uses the example of the planned reforms to the UK Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system, and the UK food packaging sector, drawing on a small number of semistructured remote interviews with experts from this sector. Concepts from the Multi-level Perspective (MLP) such as "niche-innovation trajectory" are used to engage with the idea of innovation direction, and this approach is also used to explore how this idea of direction relates to broader socio-technical transitions and transitions at a sectoral level. This paper also presents more specific findings relating to the changing dynamics within the food packaging industry and contributes new insight into how social, contextual issues affect the implementation of process innovation.

Publication Type:	Other (Preprint)
Publisher Keywords:	Environmental policy, Low and medium technology sectors, Packaging, Sustainability, EcoInnovation
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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