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Assessment of public perception and environmental compliance at a pulp and paper facility: a Canadian case study.
- Source :
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Environmental monitoring and assessment [Environ Monit Assess] 2015 Dec; Vol. 187 (12), pp. 766. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 20. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Communities across Canada rely heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods. One such community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, has both benefited and suffered, because of its proximity to a pulp and paper mill (currently owned by Northern Pulp). Since production began in 1967, there have been increasing impacts to the local environment and human health. Environmental reports funded by the mill were reviewed and compared against provincial and federal regulatory compliance standards. Reports contrasted starkly to societal perceptions of local impacts and independent studies. Most environmental monitoring reports funded by the mill indicate some levels of compliance in atmospheric and effluent emissions, but when compliance targets were not met, there was a lack of regulatory enforcement. After decades of local pollution impacts and lack of environmental compliance, corporate social responsibility initiatives need implementing for the mill to maintain its social licence to operate.
- Subjects :
- Environmental Monitoring economics
Environmental Monitoring legislation & jurisprudence
Financing, Organized
Government Regulation
Guideline Adherence
Industrial Waste legislation & jurisprudence
Manufacturing Industry economics
Manufacturing Industry legislation & jurisprudence
Nova Scotia
Air Pollutants analysis
Environmental Monitoring methods
Industrial Waste analysis
Manufacturing Industry standards
Paper
Water Pollutants analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-2959
- Volume :
- 187
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Environmental monitoring and assessment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26590146
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4985-5