环境会计之废物管理澳大利亚地方政府的一项研究外文翻译.docx
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环境会计之废物管理澳大利亚地方政府的一项研究外文翻译
本科毕业论文(设计)
外文翻译
外文出处Environmentalist,2007(27):
143-154
外文作者钱伟罗杰.伯里特
原文:
Environmentalaccountingforwastemanagement:
AstudyoflocalgovernmentsinAustralia
Introduction
AlongwiththegrowingurbanpopulationinAustraliainrecentyears,wastegenerationhasgrownrapidly.Itisestimatedthatmorethan20milliontonnesofsolidwasteiscollectedanddisposedofinlandfillseachyearnationwide(ABS,1998).EvidencesuggeststhatAustralia’slevelofwastegenerationpercapitaisoneofthehighestintheworld(EnvironmentAustralia,2001).Giventhelimitedcapacityoftheecosystemandenvironmentalimpactsofwastedisposaltotheecosystem,theincreasingquantitiesofwastehavebecomeacriticalproblemchallengingsustainabledevelopment.Thishasgeneratedissuesofappropriatewastecontrolandmaterialrecovery.
Thereisnodoubtthatlocalgovernmentscanplayanimportantpartinimprovingthesituationandachievingsustainablewastemanagementtargetsinordertomeettheneedsoflocalcommunitiesandfuturegenerations.InAustralia,managementfordomesticandmunicipalwaste,largelyarisingfromdomesticpremises,istheresponsibilityoflocalgovernments.Eventhoughthemanagementofindustrial,commercialandconstructionwasteistheresponsibilityofthegenerator,theend-of-pipedisposalofsuchwasteisoftenunderthecontroloflocalauthorities,mostofwhichowndisposalfacilities.TheAustralianBureauofStatistics(ABS)estimatesthatlocalgovernmentsinAustraliaarespendingbetween$2to$3billionperannumonenvironmentalmanagementandwastemanagementhasaccountedforasignificantamountofenvironmentalprotectionexpenditure(e.g.localgovernmentexpenditureonwastemanagementhasroseto58percentoftotalenvironmentalexpenditureduring2000–01)(ABS,2000–2001).
Duetotheincreasingwastegeneration,increasinglandpricesandmorestringentenvironmentalregulation,wastemanagementisbecomingmoreexpensiveandmoreenvironmentallysensitive.Traditionalmanagementandaccountingapproacheshavebeencriticizedbecausetheyareincompleteinscopeandoverlookenvironmentalbenefitandcostinformation(USEPA,1998).Changesfromconventionalaccountingconceptsandapproachestocontemporaryenvironmentalaccountingapproachesemergedinthe1990s(seeSenge,1993;Epstein,1996).Wordssuchas‘full’,‘total’,‘true’and‘lifecycle’areoftenusedinenvironmentalaccountingpracticestoemphasizetheimportanceofabroaderenvironmentalinformationscopeinmanagementdecisionmaking.AnumberofstudieshaveresearchedthedevelopmentoffullcostaccountingandlifecycleassessmentforwastemanagementintheUS(e.g.USEPA,1997;Weitzetal.,1999).However,themethodthesestudieshaveusedislimitedtocasestudies.
InAustralia,whilethesignificanceofenvironmentalaccountingissuesinlocalwastemanagementhasbeennoted,thisnewfieldislessstudied.Accordingtotheprincipleofwasteminimizationmadebythe1992AustralianNationalStrategyforEcologicalSustainableDevelopment,wholelifecyclemethodologiesshouldbedevelopedtoevaluatethefullcostoflandfillandwastedisposalfacilities.In1998,EcoLanduseSystems(ELS)(1998)conductedasurveyaboutwastedisposalchargesinAustralianmajorcities.Theyinvestigatedcurrentandprospectivecostsoflandfilldisposal,levelsofchargesandleviesimposedbylocalauthorities,andpoliciesbehindtheestablishmentofthecharges.ItwasfoundthatwastedisposalfeesandchargeshadsignificantlyincreasedinallAustralianmajorcitiessincethe1990s.Onethirdofthecitieswereplanningforfurtherchangesoflandfillchargestocoverfullercosts.However,environmentalinformationcollectionandreportingisstillachallengetoday.AsnotedbytheEnvironmentAustralia(2001),dataonwastegenerationinAustraliaispatchy,andwastedatahasbeencollectedonlyrelativelyrecentlyinsomestatesandterritories.Therelativelyinexactnatureofwasteaccountingandsignificantdatagapscanmakeregionalcomparisondifficult.
ThisstudyaimstounderstandtheextenttowhichAustralianlocalgovernmentshaveaccountedforenvironmentalcostsandimpactsofwastestreamsinresponsetothecurrentenvironmentalagenda.ThepurposeofthisstudyistocontributetoourknowledgeofenvironmentalaccountingforwastemanagementregardingAustralianpracticeandtheresultsofthestudywillbeofuseforgovernmentregulatorsandenvironmentalresearcherstodiscoveropportunitiesforandbarrierstoenvironmentalaccountinginlocalgovernmentsandtodeveloppoliciestoencouragethedevelopmentofenvironmentalaccountingapproachesforlocalgovernments.
Environmentalaccounting
Environmentalaccountinghasbeendefinedinavarietyofwaysandcontexts.ThisstudyusesSenge’s
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