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Polluter pays principle

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005055

The requirement that the cost of environmental damage, pollution control or remediation be borne by the person, organization or business responsible for the pollution-causing activity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005055
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsproducer pays principle
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEnvironmental law; Environmental policy
TranslationsSpanish: principio de quien contamina paga
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005055",
  "term": "Polluter pays principle",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The requirement that the cost of environmental damage, pollution control or remediation be borne by the person, organization or business responsible for the pollution-causing activity.",
  "synonyms": [
    "producer pays principle"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "environmental law",
    "environmental policy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "principio de quien contamina paga"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/polluter-pays-principle/"
}

Record 4,988 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.