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Eco-Efficiency Assessments as a Tool for Revealing the Environmental Improvement Potential of New Regulations

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  • Ottar Michelsen

    (The Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway)

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Public regulations can result in improved environmental performance of products. In this paper eco-efficiency is used to assess the most likely outcome of potential new regulations. The paper presents a case study of furniture production in Norway where different scenarios for improving the environmental performance of the products are presented. Four regulatory options for imposing environmental improvements are assessed; (1) an introduction of a tax on emissions, (2) an increase of the tax on landfills, (3) an introduction of a tax on raw material consumption, and (4) introduction of take-back legislation.

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  • Ottar Michelsen, 2010. "Eco-Efficiency Assessments as a Tool for Revealing the Environmental Improvement Potential of New Regulations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:2:y:2010:i:1:p:117-126:d:6708
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    1. Kjetil Røine & Chin‐Yu Lee, 2006. "With a Little Help from EPR?: Technological Change and Innovation in the Norwegian Plastic Packaging and Electronics Sectors," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 10(1‐2), pages 217-237, January.
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