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Economic Instruments  

Deposit-Refund Systems

Cherish Luck : Taiwan

Green Procurement

Environmentally adapted municipal procurement in Vasternorrland : Sweden

Charge Systems

The Annapurna Conservation Area : Nepal
Hungarian Product Charge on Petrol : Hungary
Waste Treatment Charge System : Korea
MITI Collects Fees From CFC Users : Japan
Singapore's Plan : Singapore
User Fees for Gorilla Viewing : Rwanda
User Pay Curbside Garbage Collection : Canada
Volume-based Collection Fee for Domestic Wastes : Korea

Financial Mechanisms

National Trust Fund for Protected Areas : Peru
Polish National Fund : Poland
The KfW Fund : Germany
Aid Schemes in the United Kingdom : United Kingdom
The National Cycling Strategy : United Kingdom

Fiscal Instruments

Waste Levy : France
Japan Offers Tax Breaks, Subsidies for Purchase of Low-Emission Vehicles : Japan
Plastic bag tax : Italy
Taxation and Leaded Gas in Thailand : Thailand
US Tax on Ozone Depleting Chemicals : United States
Regulatory Energy Tax : Netherlands
Product Oriented Environmental Management Systems : Netherlands
Public Transport Subsidy : France
Subsidy for Environmental Information Centre : Netherlands
The Conversion Grant Scheme for Organic Agriculture : Denmark
Windfarms as an alternative to fossil fuel plants : United Kingdom

Market Creation

Chicago Board of Trade : United States
Tradeable Water Use Rights, a Full-cost Pricing Policy : Chile

Property Rights

The Mexican Ejidos : Mexico
Community Managed Forests : Nepal


Regulatory Instruments  

Ban/Prohibitions and Phase-Out

Abolishing Fossil Fuels : Sweden
Ozone-Depleting Substances(ODS) Phase Out Strategy : Egypt
Phase Out of Ozone Depleting Substances : Canada

Performance standards

The Technical Instructions on Waste from Human Settlements : Germany
Transatlantic Norms Agreed on for Mobile Machinery Emissions : European Union
US Sets New Energy Efficiency Standards for Refrigerators : United States

Take-back Policy

German Parliament Passes Car Takeback Decree : German

Targets

Animal Waste Management : Denmark
Australia's Waste Management Policy : Australia
Cutting Packaging Waste : Canada
Programme of Action on the Protection of the Rhine : USA

Technology standards

ten klooster : nederland


Public/Information Instruments  

Eco-labelling

Austrian Ecolabel : Austria
China Environmental Labelling Scheme : China
Croatia Ecolabel : Croatia
European Union Ecolabel : European Union
Green Mark : Taiwan
Nordic Swan Environmental Label : Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland
The Environmental Choice Program : Canada

Education and Training

Centre for Sustainable Development of Mongolian Technical University : Mongolia
Outcome Based Education : United States

Partnership Projects

Australian EcoReDesign Program : Australia
Ecological Project for Integrated Environmental Technology : Austria
Industrial Ecosystem Development at the Metropolitan level : United States
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) : United States
Transportation Partners (TP) : United States
Waste Minimization Circles : India

Public Information Campaigns

Berkeley's "Precycling" Campaign : United States

Voluntary Agreements

Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) : Canada
Dutch Utilities Sign Agreement on Solar Power : The Netherlands
Norwegian Aluminum Industry in Greenhouse Gas Agreements : Norway
Ontario Pollution Prevention Pledge Program (P4) : Canada
Partners in Grime : The Netherlands


Land Use/Urban Planning  

Mass Transit

Balliol Traffic Calming Project : Canada

Physical Planning

Green Municipal Enabling Fund : Canada
Sustainable Cities Program : Various Countries
The Metropolis 2010 Plan : Guatemala

Resource Management

Preventive Environmental Management : India