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Economic Instruments  

Deposit-Refund Systems

Korean Deposit Refund Program : Korea

Green Procurement

European Environment Procurement Initiative : European Union
The Federal Procurement Challenge : United States

Charge Systems

The Annapurna Conservation Area : Nepal
The Waste Water Charges Act : Germany
Water Usage in California : USA
Waste Treatment Charge System : Korea
Singapore's Plan : Singapore
test : lichtenstein
Fossil Fuel Levy : United Kingdom
Hungarian Water User-Charges : Hungary
Fees for municipal solid waste disposal : Taiwan
Variable Waste Disposal Fees : United States

Financial Mechanisms

National Trust Fund for Protected Areas : Peru
Polish National Fund : Poland
The KfW Fund : Germany
Renewable Energy Assistance Program : United States

Fiscal Instruments

Zero Perchlorethylene : Canada
Japan Offers Tax Breaks, Subsidies for Purchase of Low-Emission Vehicles : Japan
Iowa Pesticide and Fertilizer Tax : United States
Regulatory Energy Tax : Netherlands
Product Oriented Environmental Management Systems : Netherlands
Public Transport Subsidy : France
Windfarms as an alternative to fossil fuel plants : United Kingdom
Wind Energy Program : Denmark

Property Rights

The Mexican Ejidos : Mexico
Community Forest User Groups, Makalu Barun Conservation Areas : Nepal
Community Managed Forests : Nepal


Regulatory Instruments  

Ban/Prohibitions and Phase-Out

Abolishing Fossil Fuels : Sweden
Phase Out of Ozone Depleting Substances : Canada

Performance standards

Transatlantic Norms Agreed on for Mobile Machinery Emissions : European Union

Quota

Packaging Revision Proposed amid Busy German Agenda : Germany

Take-back Policy

German Parliament Passes Car Takeback Decree : German

Targets

Animal Waste Management : Denmark
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
Nordic Swan Environmental Label : Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland

Education and Training

Centre for Sustainable Development of Mongolian Technical University : Mongolia

Partnership Projects

Ecological Project for Integrated Environmental Technology : Austria
Industrial Ecosystem Development at the Metropolitan level : United States
Jamaican National Industrial Policy : Jamaica
The Green Clean Project : Canada
Waste Minimization Circles : India

Public Information Campaigns

Berkeley's "Precycling" Campaign : United States
Clean and Green Week : Singapore
Community Participation: A Means for Water Conservation in Greater Cairo : Egypt

Voluntary Agreements

Covenant for the Greenhouse-based Horticulture Sector : Netherlands
Dutch Packaging Covenant : Netherlands
Instrumentos económcos : Colombia
OECD Voluntary Industry Commitment on Brominated Flame Retardants : OECD Countries
Sustainable production in Photography : Colombia


Land Use/Urban Planning  

Mass Transit

Balliol Traffic Calming Project : Canada
Environmentally adapted traffic plan in Karlstad : Sweden

Resource Management

Preventive Environmental Management : India