01891    a2200313   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001600136072001500152072001400167072001400181072001300195072001200208072002100220072002100241072002200262100002400284245004200308250000600350260003200356300001000388520113900398700002701537999001301564189185301520250317100359.0250312041999GB                   eng    a9781891853012  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 25.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aRNCB2thema7 aLBB2thema7 aJP2thema7 aRNCB2bic7 aLBB2bic7 aJP2bic7 aNAT0100002bisac7 aTEC0100002bisac7 a363.7287562bisac1 aKatherine N. Probst10aEvolution of Hazardous Waste Programs  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec19990602  a122 p  bIn most countries, the development of environmental programs follows a similar pattern. Early efforts concentrate on direct threats to public health, such as contaminated drinking water and air pollution. Only after these problems are addressed does the need to improve day-to-day management of hazardous wastes reach the top of the environmental agenda. In this new report, RFF‘s Katherine Probst and Thomas Beierle compare the development of hazardous waste management programs in eight countries---the United States, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand---and discuss steps taken to foster proper hazardous waste management. The authors focus on two questions: What were the major steps in the evolution of a successful hazardous waste program? What role, if any, did the public sector play in financing modern treatment and disposal facilities? Based on interviews and secondary sources, this report includes country-specific profiles that detail the steps in the evolution of each country‘s hazardous waste management program and describe the role of the public sector in facility financing.1 aThomas C. Beierle4A01  c992d992