Transitions to a circular economy in Europe have not accelerated despite being a priority of the Green Deal. One reason behind the slow uptake is the active resistance by incumbent actors. This article explores the case of Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation to uncover resistance and capture strategies of incumbent single-use and takeaway industry actors that succeeded in reducing the ambition of the policy. Building on lobbying databases, and document and media analysis, the article uncovers strategies of using the legitimacy of science to exert influence. It shows how incumbents created doubts about the evidence base and produced their own scientific messaging; presents the ways they legitimised their role as scientific stakeholders in institutional settings; and examines the approach they took to align their interests with the policymakers’ expectations. It analyses these strategies from a power perspective to investigate the complexity of capture and to provide a discussion on the mechanisms that reinforce deep-rooted patterns of incumbency.

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包装科学？从权力角度看科学捕获的现有战略


尽管欧洲向循环经济的过渡是绿色协议的优先事项，但并未加速。吸收缓慢背后的一个原因是现任参与者的积极抵抗。本文探讨了包装和包装废弃物监管的案例，以揭示现有一次性和外卖行业参与者的阻力并捕捉成功降低该政策雄心的策略。以游说数据库、文件和媒体分析为基础，本文揭示了利用科学的合法性来施加影响的策略。它展示了在职者如何对证据基础产生怀疑并产生自己的科学信息;介绍了他们在机构环境中如何合法化自己作为科学利益相关者的角色;并研究了他们为使自己的利益与政策制定者的期望保持一致而采取的方法。它从权力的角度分析了这些策略，以研究俘获的复杂性，并就强化根深蒂固的在职模式的机制进行了讨论。