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Mandatory planning for environmental innovation: evaluating regulatory mechanisms for toxics use reduction

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  • Dara O'Rourke
  • Eungkyoon Lee

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This paper analyzes the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA), evaluating what TURA has achieved, how it has been implemented, how it motivates firms to change and how its underlying principles might be strengthened to better support innovation for toxics use reduction. Through this analysis recent debates are engaged about the potentials and limitations of using regulation to promote innovation for the environment. The analysis here shows that TURA is distinct from existing regulatory programmes in how it requires firms to self-evaluate and plan for process improvements, supports implementation through technical assistance and focuses on pollution prevention rather than control. Mandatory planning, new mechanisms of accountability and improved processes of learning have all been critical to TURA's success in motivating firms to innovate for the environment. Taken together, these factors have supported incremental innovations in industry that may point the way toward policies to support even greater environmental improvements.

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  • Dara O'Rourke & Eungkyoon Lee, 2004. "Mandatory planning for environmental innovation: evaluating regulatory mechanisms for toxics use reduction," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(2), pages 181-200.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:47:y:2004:i:2:p:181-200
    DOI: 10.1080/0964056042000209111
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