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Carl Dalhammar

Carl Dalhammar

Professor

Carl Dalhammar

The Dynamics of International and European Union Law on Waste and Chemicals: Past, Present, and Future

Author

  • Carl Dalhammar

Editor

  • Jonas Ebbesson
  • David Langlet

Summary, in English

This chapter reviews the historical development of the regulation of waste and chemicals in both international law and European Union (EU) law after the 1972 Stockholm Conference as well as some of the subsequent trends and themes. It also highlights the relevant interactions between EU and international law on these issues. The chapter ends with a discussion of how the regulatory frameworks related to waste, chemicals, and products must be coordinated – both in international law and EU law – if we are to realize the vision of a toxic-free circular economy.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
  • Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
  • Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo)
  • CIRCLE
  • LU Profile Area: Human rights
  • Environmental Law

Publishing year

2026

Language

English

Pages

291-310

Publication/Series

Fifty Years of International Environmental Law : Developments since the 1972 Stockholm Conference

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Law
  • Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • international law, chemiclas, circular economy waste law

Status

Published

Research group

  • Environmental Law

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781009445740