Environmental Management 3

What was aim of the Montreal Protocol?

• Protect the ozone layer

• Reduce greenhouse gases

• Conserve wetlands

• Combat desertification

A manufacturing company is a

participant in the EU Emissions Trading

System (EU ETS). Which type of

environmental policy instrument does

this primarily fall under?

• Legislative

• Market based

• Voluntary

• Fisca

Which of the following UK regulators

is responsible for issuing consent to

discharge into a river?

• Environment Agency

• Water company

• British Waterways

• Local Authority

Which of the following UK Regulations

implement the requirements of the EU

Waste Framework Directive?

• Waste Management Regulations 2005

• Climate Change Act 2008

• Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010

• All of the above

Which of the following statements is

false?

• The role of the regulator is to provide advice and guidance to operators

• The role of the regulator is to issue permits to operators

• The role of the regulator is to complete permit applications

• The role of the regulators is to

  undertake site inspections

The imposition of a charge on the use (by shoppers) of single use carrier bags is an example of which of the following type of governmental policy instrument?

• Information and fiscal

• Voluntary and fiscal

• Legal and fiscal

• Legal, voluntary and fiscal

The Kyoto Protocol, aimed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from participating countries. Which policy principle did the Protocol largely implement?

• Best available technique

• Producer responsibility

• Polluter pays

• Precautionary principle

The overriding purpose of this principle is to make those who create pollution responsible for any environmental damage.

• Polluter Pays Principle

• Precautionary Principle

• Best Available Techniques

• Producer responsibility

An economic principle for allocating the cost of pollution control is ____________________.

• Best Available Techniques

• Producer responsibility

• Polluter Pays Principle

• Precautionary Principle

This principle provides an incentive for those creating pollution (either directly as emissions from a site, or from placing products on the market) to take measures to reduce that pollution.

• Producer responsibility

• Polluter Pays Principle

• Precautionary Principle

• Best Available Techniques