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Using user-pays principle
Synonyms:
Applying environmental tax at point of purchase
Description:
The user pays principle requires that prices reflect the full social cost of use or depletion of a resource. This in turn provides an incentive for sustainable use.
Broader:
Introducing pollution-based tax system
Narrower:
Assessing willingness to pay
Implementing user-pay refuse collection systems
Facilitates:
Introducing environmental taxes
Developing investment strategies for national environmental action plans
Developing financial strategies for national environmental health action plans
Values:
Overtax
Principle
Subjects:
Action
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Application
Commerce
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Taxation
Commerce
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Purchasing, supplying
Environment
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Environment
Principles
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Principles
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals: