Warner Pacific
College
May 15, 2014
This
essay will include my personal views on environmental regulations. I will elaborate on regulations that
inspired me the most in regards to how strongly I feel towards them. This essay will also include some
examples and information to back up my views on certain regulations and what we
can do to abide by those regulations.
The
environmental protection agency also known as EPA regulates the impact of small
businesses on the environment. The
EPA develops and enforces regulations that implement environmental laws enacted
by congress. Environmental
regulations that intrigue me the most have to do with how small businesses can effect
the environment. I hope to own my
own business one day, whether it is my own hair salon or something else, this
is why I am most interested in environmental regulations towards small
businesses. Environmental
regulations can affect a business at any time. Whether you produce products
that could potentially harm the environment, are engaged in agricultural
farming, or need to dispose of pollutants or hazardous or non-hazardous waste,
you must comply with the law. Businesses impacted by disasters such as flooding
or fire, are also required to implement cleanup plans to avoid pollutants
entering and damaging the ecosystem.
The
regulations for small businesses include national emission standards for
hazardous air pollution, lead-based paint activities, renewable fuel standards,
national primary drinking water regulations, and the list keeps going on. All of these regulations are made to
keep the business as environmentally friendly as possible. My views on these regulations are
simple, I agree with the regulations on keeping as much pollution out of the
air as possible as well as the environment. There was one regulation I included previously that stood
out to me that described in case of emergencies such as a flood or a fire
regulate your products and materials that you have within your business that
could be harmful. There are no
regulations that state everything in your business has to be one hundred
percent environmentally friendly but limit certain things that could be harmful
let’s say in a fire.
In
this situation what stands out to me would be a chemical product. If you have chemical products within
your business I would say to keep your stock as low as possible and learn how
to manage your inventory. Meaning
that, have products going out as fast as they are coming in. In my opinion it would be nice for
every business to come up with ways that their products could all be
environmentally friendly, but there is a very low chance of that happening. I know within my line of work, which is
hair, we work with many chemicals for coloring hair and many products for
styling and cutting hair that are not so great for our environment. I hope by the time I own my own
business, possibly a hair salon, that someone comes up with environmentally
friendly products and that would be the line of products I would carry,
Throughout
this essay I elaborated on my views on environmental regulations, specifically
ones that pertain to small businesses.
I also including regulations that stood out to me most and explained how
we as business owners can abide by those regulations provided by EPA.
References
(2014). The Bureau of
Land Management. Retrieved May 14, 2014 From:
Withgott, J., & Laposata, M. (2014).Environment the science behind the stories.
United States: Pearson
Education, Inc.
(2014, March 16). United
states environmental protection agency.
Retrieved
May 14, 2014 from: http://www2.epa.gov/regulatory-information-topic
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