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Voluntary Pollution Reduction Programs, Environmental Management, and Environmental Performance: An Empirical Study

Land Economics 01/2009; 85(4):692-711. pp.692-711
Source: RePEc

ABSTRACT This paper examines, empirically, the mechanism by which a voluntary pollution reduction program (VPR) achieves pollution reductions. We find that participation in the 33/50 program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first VPR, spurred the adoption of total quality environmental management (TQEM), an environmental management system that views pollution as a quality defect to be continuously reduced through the development of products and processes that minimize waste generation at source. We find in turn that TQEM had a significant negative effect on 33/50 releases and that 33/50 participation produced additional direct pollution reduction benefits both during and after the program years.

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Keywords

additional direct pollution reduction benefits
 
minimize waste generation
 
pollution reductions
 
products
 
program years
 
significant negative effect
 
TQEM
 
views pollution
 
voluntary pollution reduction program