Defend or refute with reasons
goods and capital goods.
b) 'Government should put more efforts to reduce pollution', is a positive statement.
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Answer:In 1990, Congress passed the Pollution Prevention Act (P2 Act) which states "The Environmental Protection Agency must establish a source reduction program which collects and disseminates information, provides financial assistance to States, and implements the other activities...."
The "Findings" section of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 explains why Congress passed the Act. Some of the reasons include:
The United States of America annually produces millions of tons of pollution and spends tens of billions of dollars per year controlling this pollution.
There are significant opportunities for industry to reduce or prevent pollution at the source through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and raw materials use.
The opportunities for source reduction are often not realized because existing regulations, and the industrial resources they require for compliance, focus upon treatment and disposal, rather than source reduction.
Source reduction is fundamentally different and more desirable than waste management and pollution control.