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INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE TRENDS
Citation:
Bridges, J. INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE TRENDS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/099 (NTIS PB92180181).
Description:
This paper will attempt to provide a pollution prevention legislative overview of where we have been, where we are, and some thoughts on pollution prevention legislative trends for the future. overnments have an important role to play by setting the regulatory framework, but cleaner production cannot be decreed by law without the support of science and proper incentives. lso, it is important for legal systems in each independent country to recognize that pollution prevention truly follows the theme "Think Globally, Act Locally" as the automobile produced in Japan is consumed by the teenager in the United States or the wool produced in Australia is consumed by a well-dressed business man in Great Britain. ollution prevention must be an environmental priority and obligation for producers and consumers all over the wold. nternational pollution prevention agreements and multi-national companies producing products all over the world to achieve comparative advantages will be the trend for pollution prevention targets of obligation. he base of any successful international environmental program will be the motivation for pollution prevention.