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GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
REGULATORY- aka command and control approach
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CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
Waste Minimization- social responsibility of business corporations to reduce
volume of waste
How?
>redesign products
>recycle
>incinerate waste
>proper waste disposal
*DOW Chemical WRAP (waste reduction always pays)
-give incentives for waste reduction projects
-recognize those who excel in waste reduction
-recognizes opportunities in waste reduction
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Design for disassembly- products are designed to make it easier for consumers
to disassemble once they reach the end of being useful
*BMW, Whirlpool, Digital Equipment, 3M and General Electrics- there
products are designed in such manner that once they are taken apart, the
component parts can be used to make other products
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OTHER APPROACHES
*Government to government assistance to less developed countries
* Example: Debt-for-Nature Swap Initiative Program (DFFNSIP)
> A MOA between Germany and Philippines
> Philippines borrowed money from Germany to fund a forestry
program in Quirino province, when the program succeeded; Germany
cancelled the Phil debt amounting to Php 371.9 M.