Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191040 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (IEDEE) [ISSN:] 1135-2523 [Volume:] 18 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 216-227
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract (Translated): 
Nowadays the reduction or elimination of waste has become a major environmental concern among industrialized countries and a priority for companies. In this work it is carried out a review of the postulates of the classical economic model, existing until a few dates, in connection with the variable environment and waste generated by firms. It is also examined the literature about the potential of the waste management and possible alternatives for obtaining of advantages or benefits derived from an efficient treatment of waste. This paper is completed with an empirical analysis of the waste management in companies of the Basque Autonomous Community. The motivations that drive firms to implement a waste management system and the advantages or benefits which derive from this fact are analyzed among other factors.
Subjects: 
waste management
environmental management
environmental management system
ISO 14001
motivations
improvement
JEL: 
K32
Q20
Q50
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Document Type: 
Article

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