Which of the following UK Regulations

implement the requirements of the EU

Waste Framework Directive?

The imposition of a charge on the use (by shoppers) of single use carrier bags is an example of which of the following type of governmental policy instrument?

The Kyoto Protocol, aimed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from participating countries. Which policy principle did the Protocol largely implement?

The overriding purpose of this principle is to make those who create pollution responsible for any environmental damage.

An economic principle for allocating the cost of pollution control is ____________________.

This principle provides an incentive for those creating pollution (either directly as emissions from a site, or from placing products on the market) to take measures to reduce that pollution.

Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.

The introduction of multinational agreements and national policies related to climate change and efforts to reduce global warming relates to _____________.

When an organisation applies for an environmental permit in the UK, it must detail in its application how it will apply ____________________ to its proposed operating techniques.

The principle outlines the order of priority for waste management options, highlighting the worst (disposal) and best favourable (prevention) environmental option.

The UK regulations around producer responsibility

require businesses to _______________.

These policies in the UK apply to packaging, waste electrical

and electronic equipment (WEEE), restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELV).

________________ refers to the practice of making businesses that manufacture, import and sell products responsible for the environmental impacts at the end of their life.

Producer responsibility links in with ________________, which considers the environmental impact of products through their life cycle stages (cradle to grave), including:

A __________________ is defined as “consecutive and interlinked stages of a product (or service) system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural

resources to final disposal” (ISO 14001:2015).

__________________ use taxes or subsidies to provide an incentive for producers and consumers to move towards designing, manufacturing and purchasing more environmentally sustainable products and services.

The UK Government vehicle excise duty (VED) (i.e. ‘car tax’) approach is an example of _______________.