Bridging Ecocriticism and Environmental Law: Evaluating Pakistan's Climate Framework and Implementation through Sustainable Municipal Waste Management
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This study bridges the theoretical framework of ecocriticism (environmental humanities) with the practical implementation of environmental and climate laws in Pakistan, using municipal solid waste (MSW) management as a primary empirical locus. Drawing from contemporary legal-ecocritical scholarship (Baniamer & Alhendi, 2026), we evaluate how environmental law's reliance on anthropocentric, utilitarian, and penal mechanisms diverges from ecocriticism's call for deep ecology, intrinsic rights of nature, and moral stewardship. We contextualize these theoretical concepts within Pakistan's severe urban waste crisis, where an estimated 56,000 tons of MSW are generated daily (PEPA, 2005) under a fragmented regulatory regime governed by the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (PEPA, 1997). The paper highlights a critical legislative shortfall: despite Section 11 of PEPA prohibiting waste discharge exceeding National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), no statutory NEQS specific to municipal solid waste currently exists in Pakistan. To address this regulatory gap through an ecocentric lens, we examine empirical experimental data from Gujranwala, Pakistan, demonstrating the efficacy of biological resource recovery via vermicomposting with tiger worms (Eisenia fetida). Statistical evaluation (paired t-tests and two-way ANOVA) confirms highly significant reductions in Carbon
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Amna. Bridging Ecocriticism and Environmental Law: Evaluating Pakistan's Climate Framework and Implementation through Sustainable Municipal Waste Management. 2026. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7538100
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