In my master's thesis, I will use the concept of the green state and the theory of environmental discourses to address the issue of plastic pollution. As plastic pollution is ubiquitous and a burden on all ecosystems on Earth, my thesis will explore how the green public sphere and NGOs can influence change in plastic legislation. I will focus on the work of NGOs and explore the options available to them to influence the change and development of legislation, and I will also try to find alternative methods by which the green public sphere and NGOs could be more actively involved in the development of legislation on plastics at the level of the European Union, as well as at the national level in Slovenia. Through a review of documents and other documentation I will also try to find out how successful NGOs have been with their legislative initiatives so far. I will link the work of NGOs to the theoretical background of the thesis and present how the theory works in the actual case of plastics.
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