Cutting pollution loads in the Netherlands
Environmental policy in the Netherlands is based on the view that highly industrialized and affluent nations should take the lead in working toward sustainable development. Under the broad focus of the National Environmental Policy Plan, the Dutch government is using a variety of voluntary and command-and-control schemes to reduce pollution loads in the Netherlands to between 70 and 90 percent of 1985 levels by 2010. Interim targets for 2000 require emissions reductions of between 50 and 70 percent, relative to 1985 levels. Central to achieving those goals is the target group approach,'' which will be used to achieve emissions reductions and resource efficiency in the subsectors of industry, agriculture, energy conversion, building and construction, traffic and transport, waste management services, and consumerism.
- OSTI ID:
- 5737411
- Journal Information:
- EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Journal; (United States), Vol. 19:3; ISSN 0145-1189
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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