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
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Environmental Management Society Malaysia 2005
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/9813/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9813/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9813/1/2005_6_Nasir.pdf

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spelling	iium-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 PeerReviewed 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
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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	Hassan, Mohd Nasir Rafia, Afroz Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz Awang, Muhamad
author_facet	Hassan, Mohd Nasir 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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Economic instruments for managing industrial waste in Malaysia

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