Pollution prevention planning: A voluntary initiative for major industrial sites in British Columbia.

摘要

British Columbia's Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP) recently developed and piloted a pollution prevention (P2) planning process for major industrial operations in BC, testing the process with seven volunteer companies. This paper examines the experiences of government, industry, and public stakeholders in this demonstration project, reporting on opinions, concerns, and suggestions of project participants.; Questionnaires and interviews with project participants were used to solicit answers to the following two study questions: (1) Why would industry voluntarily participate in BC's P2 planning process? (2) Does the P2 planning process developed to date include design elements suggested in the literature for successful voluntary initiatives? These design elements are summarized as: sufficient advantages of participation; participant commitment to initiative; well defined ground rules; credibility; and flexibility and innovation. A sixth design element, supportive policy framework, was identified but not considered in this study because of the preliminary nature of the demonstration project.; The paper concludes by providing six recommendations regarding the further implementation of P2 planning in P2 planning in British Columbia. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)