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If industrial development
is to become more environmentally sound,
three transitions must be completed. Firstly, environmental
considerations must be incorporated into all aspects of planning for
new industry. Secondly, techniques must be developed which more easily
and flexibly control pollution within a legal framework which provides
strong incentives, particularly economic incentives, to minimize the
release of pollutants and the production of waste, and which places
greater emphasis on the "polluter pays" principle. Thirdly, producers
of hazardous products should be required to be responsible for those
products "from cradle to grave", i.e. from production to safe disposal.
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