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Many pollution control standards are created by specifying a maxilum allowable proportion of a toxic substance in any waste. So what many polluters do is to dilute their toxic waste with enough water to lower the pollution proportion to meet the standard and then dump the waste into the ground where it runs into the streams, rivers, bays and aquifers. This is “pollution by dilution”. When this is done, the same amount of toxic material is dumped and nothing is improved.


When manufacturers (and other businesses) can be convinced that they can make more money by being environmentally responsible, they will voluntarily do so. Instead of regulations or laws mandating Green policies, he suggests that government and science can move industry by arranging the contingencies so that it makes economic sense for the businesses. Things like cap and trade, tax policy, new technology, and pricing can be very productive.


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