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Waste Management
Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia
The Productivity Commission’s inquiry report into ‘Waste Management’ was tabled by Government in December 2006. The Australian Government asked the Commission to identify policies that would enable Australia to address market failures and externalities associated with the generation and...
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Alternative Forms of Mineral Taxation, Market Failure and the Environment
Muzondo, Timothy R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
This paper examines the environmental effects of mineral taxes in a framework that recognizes the importance of rates and cumulative externalities and proposes an appropriate corrective tax. It concludes that mineral resources taxation should combine neutral taxes with a dynamic Pigovian type...
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Modelling trade and environmental linkages in China
Huang, Haixiao; Labys, Walter C. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 4, pp. 242-266
Interactions between trade and the environment have been studied extensively as a reaction to the pressure that the accelerated pace of globalisation has placed on environment and trade. Distinguishing itself from previous work, this study focuses on a modelling analysis of the interactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461294
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Modelling trade and environmental linkages in China
Huang, Haixiao; Labys, Walter C. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 4, pp. 242-266
Interactions between trade and the environment have been studied extensively as a reaction to the pressure that the accelerated pace of globalisation has placed on environment and trade. Distinguishing itself from previous work, this study focuses on a modelling analysis of the interactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754002
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Rural Water Use and the Environment: The Role of Market Mechanisms
Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia
The Productivity Commission released its final research report into ‘Rural Water Use and the Environment: The Role of Market Mechanisms’ in August 2006. The report indicates that there is scope for markets to play a greater role in improving the efficient use of water, including for...
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Freier Welthandel und umweltverträgliche Entwicklung
Franke, Angela - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 49 (1996) 21, pp. 15-24
nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, daß viele Umweltprobleme aus unzureichender nationaler Umweltpolitik resultieren. …
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The social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta
Briguglio, Michael; Aquilina, Diana - In: International Journal of Green Economics 4 (2010) 3, pp. 275-291
This paper analyses the social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta, wherein the system of returnable glass bottles has effectively been replaced by a system of disposable plastic bottles. The paper applies concepts such as Ulrich Beck's (1992) 'risk society', and Michael...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352876
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Alternative systems for packaging waste collection
SIMA, Cristian - In: Revista de Economie Industriala (Journal of Industrial … 10 (2012) 1, pp. 21-30
In Romania, in 2007 there were introduced on the market 1.28 million tonnes of packaging. Half o this amount was … managed within the “Green point” system and accounted for a 36% recycling rate. According to EU regulation, new member states … should achieve a global recycling target of minimum 55% in 2012, with some exemptions: Latvia has the most important …
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Environmental analysis of beer production
Hospido, Almudena; Moreira, Maria Teresa; Feijoo, Gumersindo - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 4 (2005) 2, pp. 152-162
the manufacture of the packaging elements as well as the harvesting and transport of cereals are responsible for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564225
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Environmental analysis of beer production
Hospido, Almudena; Moreira, Maria Teresa; Feijoo, Gumersindo - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 4 (2005) 2, pp. 152-162
the manufacture of the packaging elements as well as the harvesting and transport of cereals are responsible for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005751972