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Summary Of The Pollution Prevention Act Of 1991

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Prior to the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, laws or acts that were established focused on the clean-up, regulation, or control as opposed to the prevention of the pollution all together. This in itself is another example of how government reacted to pollution control rather than taking a proactive approach in the prevention of pollution. The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 addressed pollution as the initial problem source only then did significant shift in our approach of environmental sustainability.
Pollution prevention did not come without opposition. Industry was slow to adapt to new standards due to a myriad of barriers. One of the many barriers of P2 implementation was the perceived high cost of the plans. Since this was a
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