Water Effluent Charge, Poland
Aims
This is a revenue-raising charge to provide funds for environmental protection and water management on a national, provincial and municipal scale.
Design
Coverage
Pollutants targeted include BOD, COD, suspended solid, chloride and sulphate ions, heavy metal and volatile compounds.
Performance
In 1996 BOD decreased by 11 000 tons and insoluble substance by 71,000 (OECD 1999, pp92).
References
Economic Instruments for Pollution Control and Natural Resources Management in OECD Countries: A Survey J-P Barde, OECD (ENV/EPOC/GEEI((*)35/REV1/FINAL), September 1999, pp24, 92
http://www.oecd.org/env/online-eco.htm
Economic Instruments for Pollution Control and Natural Resources Management in OECD Countries: A Survey,' J-P Barde, OECD (ENV/EPOC/GEEI((*)35/REV1/FINAL), September 1999,
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