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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: Hassan, Mohd Nasir, Rafia, Afroz, Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz, Awang, Muhamad
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Language:English
Published: Environmental Management Society Malaysia 2005
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/9813/1/2005_6_Nasir.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.98132013-03-22T02:27:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9813/ Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia Hassan, Mohd Nasir Rafia, Afroz Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz Awang, Muhamad H Social Sciences (General) 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 REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9813/1/2005_6_Nasir.pdf Hassan, Mohd Nasir and Rafia, Afroz and Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz and Awang, Muhamad (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/volume_eng/volume6/PDF%202005/2005_6_Nasir.pdf
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Rafia, Afroz
Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz
Awang, Muhamad
Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia
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 Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Rafia, Afroz
Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz
Awang, Muhamad
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Rafia, Afroz
Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz
Awang, Muhamad
author_sort Hassan, Mohd Nasir
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
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