Different policy instruments have been used to reduce the production and consumption of plastic products, and increase recycling. In particular, several countries have imposed either a ban or a tax on single-use plastic packaging, motivated by their contribution to marine plastic pollution....

In the choice between alternative environmental policy instruments, economists tend to favor policies capable of attaining cost-efficiency, but other considerations may be more important to stakeholders. We perform a choice experiment modeled on Swedish water and marine policy to estimate...