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POLLUTION CONTROL COST [5 records]

Record 1 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

An example of conflict is where there is already an active regional or industrial policy - pollution control costs should in such a situation be treated no differently from any other production costs and subsidization of this nature should be treated as a valid exception to the Polluter-Pays Principle.

OBS

control cost: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’environnement” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Key term(s)
  • anti-pollution cost

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Coût pour prévenir, limiter, réduire ou éliminer la pollution.

OBS

coût de la lutte contre la pollution : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’environnement» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • coût de la lutte anti-pollution

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Environmental Law
CONT

The Polluter-Pays Principle means that the polluter should be charge with the cost of whatever pollution prevention and control measures are determined by the public authorities, whether preventive measures, restoration, or a combination of both.

Key term(s)
  • pollution control measures
  • anti-pollution measures
  • antipollution measure
  • antipollution measures
  • control measures
  • pollution countermeasures
  • pollution-control measures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Droit environnemental
DEF

Mesure visant à prévenir, à limiter, à réduire ou à éliminer la pollution.

Key term(s)
  • mesures antipollution
  • mesure anti-pollution
  • mesures anti-pollution
  • mesures de lutte contre la pollution

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
  • Derecho ambiental
Key term(s)
  • medidas de lucha
  • medidas de lucha contra la contaminación
  • medidas para reducir la contaminación
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Record 3 2004-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The uses of the funds received ... are ... for water pollution control activities (i.e. permitting, sampling, etc.) ...

CONT

The Ganga Action Plan... included pollution control activities such as solid waste management, installation of crematoria, river front development and provisions of low cost sanitation facilities.

CONT

... water pollution control activities, such as developing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and setting certain Safe Drinking Water Act objectives, that are managed on a watershed basis.

CONT

Provincial/territorial and federal governments are more concerned with pollution control activities, such as site clean-up and air pollution abatement ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Ensemble des actions menées afin de lutter contre la pollution.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

Apart from these particular measures, pollution control involves other costs such as the administrative cost of implementing an anti-pollution policy, the cost of the measuring and checking arrangements, the cost of research and development in anti-pollution technology(and even of basic research), grants for modernizing out-of-date plant, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

Manière concertée de conduire la lutte contre la pollution.

OBS

Une politique antipollution fera appel à des stratégies, à des mesures législatives, à des investissements dans les domaines technologiques pouvant fournir des solutions, etc. Il ne faut pas confondre toutes ces notions connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho ambiental
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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Record 5 1995-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The high cost of conventional treatment system for small communities lead engineers to search for a creative, cost effective and environmentally sound way to control water pollution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Le coût élevé des systèmes de traitement conventionnels lorsqu'appliqués aux petites municipalités a encouragé le développement de systèmes plus économiques.

Spanish

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