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Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia

Rapid development process of manufacturing industry in Malaysia has resulted to increasing amount of industrial and hazardous waste generation. It is recognized that industrialization has economic, environmental and social trade-offs. Where there are trade-offs between environmental preservation and...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nasir Hassan,, Rafia Afroz,, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed,, Muhammad Awang,
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Language:English
Published: Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2005
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2231/1/2005_6_Nasir.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.22312016-12-14T06:31:03Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2231/ Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia Mohd Nasir Hassan, Rafia Afroz, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Muhammad Awang, Rapid development process of manufacturing industry in Malaysia has resulted to increasing amount of industrial and hazardous waste generation. It is recognized that industrialization has economic, environmental and social trade-offs. Where there are trade-offs between environmental preservation and economic development, several alternatives are employed to mitigate those harmful effects. Such actions are required under the existing and currently reviewed environmental laws and regulations and proposed economic incentives. In the past Malaysia emphasized the economic benefits of development. Now there is an emphasis on the environment. The Government of Malaysia should consider that like many developed countries, the use of appropriate economic tools and incentives in order to achieve a resilient developed country. These instruments are needed to encourage environmentally responsible decision-making by investors, consumers and other economic actors Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2231/1/2005_6_Nasir.pdf Mohd Nasir Hassan, and Rafia Afroz, and Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, and Muhammad Awang, (2005) Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 6 . pp. 87-106. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description Rapid development process of manufacturing industry in Malaysia has resulted to increasing amount of industrial and hazardous waste generation. It is recognized that industrialization has economic, environmental and social trade-offs. Where there are trade-offs between environmental preservation and economic development, several alternatives are employed to mitigate those harmful effects. Such actions are required under the existing and currently reviewed environmental laws and regulations and proposed economic incentives. In the past Malaysia emphasized the economic benefits of development. Now there is an emphasis on the environment. The Government of Malaysia should consider that like many developed countries, the use of appropriate economic tools and incentives in order to achieve a resilient developed country. These instruments are needed to encourage environmentally responsible decision-making by investors, consumers and other economic actors
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author Mohd Nasir Hassan,
Rafia Afroz,
Ahmad Fariz Mohamed,
Muhammad Awang,
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Rafia Afroz,
Ahmad Fariz Mohamed,
Muhammad Awang,
Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
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Rafia Afroz,
Ahmad Fariz Mohamed,
Muhammad Awang,
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title Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
title_short Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
title_full Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
title_fullStr Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
title_sort economic instruments for managing industrial waste in malaysia
publisher Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate 2005
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2231/1/2005_6_Nasir.pdf
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