What constitute a small business varies from one country to another. In England it may be an engineering company with a select export market. In Africa it may be a square chalked out on a pavement selling plastic goods mysteriously sourced from China. Pollution from small business types of different firms will also be of varying kinds, depending upon the nature of operations.
Common examples might be shops, farms, guest houses and print shops. The definitions and different types may seem endless but there is one big area of agreement. All countries agree that their economic future is determined by the state of private enterprises. Collectively they employ more people than large organizations and are responsible for the economic vitality of a country.
Such enterprises are encouraged in developed countries. Tax incentives and special assistance programmes assist people to get started. Behind the eagerness of the politicians is the prospect of juicy taxation. When the company is profitable it will be taxed and all the employees will also be taxed. These prospects, combined with the real challenges that lie behind start-up businesses make draconian environmental regulations somewhat incongruous. A better option is to encourage voluntary co-operation in combating pollution.
Entrepreneurs who are environmentally literate and aware of the dangers of pollution will voluntary take measures to reduce pollution. For example, a lawyer's practice may collect paper for re-cycling and a printing operation may take steps to reduce noise and grow plants to improve air quality in a downtown area. It is the attitudes and actions of individual that are the significant elements in reducing pollution.
Politicians in third world countries have been quick to see the importance of small enterprises. Traders are allowed in city streets to sell whatever they like. In some areas facilities are provided for people to start operations such as fried chicken outlets, repair shops or hair salons. Such areas are soon contaminated by pollutants. In the hair shop the chairs provided for people to wait are soon blackened with hair grease and food stains. An electric amplifier will broadcast deafening noise across the whole area.
The pollution problems that arise are not caused by the concept of encouraging private enterprise, but by incompetence in implementation. For example, latrines are often completely absent, or in such disrepair that they are unusable. The public and owners defecate and urinate against walls and in corners. No-one has the initiative to provide free, clean and spacious latrines. The soil becomes ingrained with dirt and the air is invaded by noise and dust.
Pollution from small business in these cases is the consequence of human attitude and apathy more than anything else. Where there is discipline and environmental awareness waste is managed before it becomes a pollutant. Contamination does not happen because it is prevented at source. The real causes of pollution are human attitudes like apathy and indifference.
Common examples might be shops, farms, guest houses and print shops. The definitions and different types may seem endless but there is one big area of agreement. All countries agree that their economic future is determined by the state of private enterprises. Collectively they employ more people than large organizations and are responsible for the economic vitality of a country.
Such enterprises are encouraged in developed countries. Tax incentives and special assistance programmes assist people to get started. Behind the eagerness of the politicians is the prospect of juicy taxation. When the company is profitable it will be taxed and all the employees will also be taxed. These prospects, combined with the real challenges that lie behind start-up businesses make draconian environmental regulations somewhat incongruous. A better option is to encourage voluntary co-operation in combating pollution.
Entrepreneurs who are environmentally literate and aware of the dangers of pollution will voluntary take measures to reduce pollution. For example, a lawyer's practice may collect paper for re-cycling and a printing operation may take steps to reduce noise and grow plants to improve air quality in a downtown area. It is the attitudes and actions of individual that are the significant elements in reducing pollution.
Politicians in third world countries have been quick to see the importance of small enterprises. Traders are allowed in city streets to sell whatever they like. In some areas facilities are provided for people to start operations such as fried chicken outlets, repair shops or hair salons. Such areas are soon contaminated by pollutants. In the hair shop the chairs provided for people to wait are soon blackened with hair grease and food stains. An electric amplifier will broadcast deafening noise across the whole area.
The pollution problems that arise are not caused by the concept of encouraging private enterprise, but by incompetence in implementation. For example, latrines are often completely absent, or in such disrepair that they are unusable. The public and owners defecate and urinate against walls and in corners. No-one has the initiative to provide free, clean and spacious latrines. The soil becomes ingrained with dirt and the air is invaded by noise and dust.
Pollution from small business in these cases is the consequence of human attitude and apathy more than anything else. Where there is discipline and environmental awareness waste is managed before it becomes a pollutant. Contamination does not happen because it is prevented at source. The real causes of pollution are human attitudes like apathy and indifference.
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