Global Review of Economic Instruments for Solid Waste Management in Latin America
There is a strong relationship between economic instruments and the polluter-pays principle. That principle involves allocating costs of waste management services, resource consumption, and pollution control to consumers and producers. Inherent in this principle, the polluter bears all internal and external environmental costs, with the goal that all subsidies for resource use, production and waste management services are eliminated.
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| Format: | Discussion Papers & Presentations biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Trade Agreement, Integration and Trade, Water Supply and Sanitation, Environmental Policy, Globalization and Regionalization, Economic Instruments Instrumentos Económicos, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006681 https://publications.iadb.org/en/global-review-economic-instruments-solid-waste-management-latin-america |
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| Summary: | There is a strong relationship between economic instruments and the polluter-pays principle. That principle involves allocating costs of waste management services, resource consumption, and pollution control to consumers and producers. Inherent in this principle, the polluter bears all internal and external environmental costs, with the goal that all subsidies for resource use, production and waste management services are eliminated. |
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