Regional Aspects of Environmental Protection Policy

• Autorzy: Emil Antoniszyn
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Environmental protection has become not only an important social and economic issue, but a political one as well. In April 2002 a new directive was adopted by the Council of the European Union (no 11304/1/2001) on waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE). This directive imposes an obligation on producers of white goods and Household electronic equipment to pay for product recycling. According to the report of the EU Commission for Environmental Protection "present technologies enable the recovery of up to 90% of the mercury contained in equipment" [www.gazeta.pl]. This poisonous contaminant is "traditionally" discharged into soil and then enters water. The experience of the EU Member States is richer than Poland's experience. In Italy the chief government authority that deals with environmental protection is the Ministry of Environmental Protection, established in 1986. It is supported by two standing advisory bodies: the National Board for the Environment and the Scientific Committee. These operational bodies within the ministry are government services. Moreover, the Italian constitution empowers over twenty regions to intervene under the environmental protection policy and to use legal and administrative measures. At the lower level of the administrative division - provinces, there are institutions which control and supervise environmental protection. There are also departments of control and natural environment protection are also at the levels of communities [Winiarski, 1999, 384-7].(fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Environmental protection; Cleaner Production; Wastes

PL

Ochrona środowiska; Czystsza Produkcja (CP); Odpady

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2003
• Numer: Vol. 3
• Strony: 37--48

Twórcy

autor

Emil Antoniszyn

• Opole University (Poland)

Bibliografia

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• www.gazeta.pl