Environmental Policies and Instruments

The successful integration of environmental policies with sectoral and other economic policies is vital to ensuring that environmental policy goals are reached at least cost and that the effects of other policy measures on the environment are addressed.

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Improving the Environmental Performance of Public Procurement: Report on Implementation of the Council Recommendation

16-Apr-2007

A recent report reviews and assesses the extent of the implementation of green public procurement policies in OECD member countries.

Instrument mixes addressing emissions to air of mercury

29-Mar-2007

This document presents case studies of instrument mixes used to address emissions to air of mercury in Norway, Sweden and the United States.

Instrument Mixes Addressing Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution

26-Feb-2007

This document presents case studies of instruments used to address non-point sources of water pollution in Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and in the Chesapeake Bay area of the United States.

EPR Policies and Product Design: Economic Theory and Selected Case Studies

01-Mar-2006

By placing responsibility for a product's end-of-life environmental impacts on the original producer, EPR policies are expected to enhance design changes to products.  Design for Environment (DfE), while reducing waste management costs, should improve product recyclability and reusability, downsize products and reduce material usage.  This report discusses the 'Design for the Environment' impacts of EPR policies and investigates the extent to which these policies can contribute to DfE improvements.

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