WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 14, 2018
Theoretical and Practical Aspects Regarding the Applying of the Principle "Polluter Pays"
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Abstract: The ""polluter pays"" principle is the concept according to which the polluter has to pay for environmental pollution. By payment is meant material, financial, ethical, aesthetic, social and legal responsibility. According to the Environmental Law, the ""Polluter Pays"" principle requires the polluter to bear the costs of implementing pollution prevention measures or to pay for pollution damage.