Economic and Financial Instruments of the Producer-Consumer Relationship in the Joint Environmental Protection Mission

Abstract

In the last decade, strange as it may seem, the perception of ordinary people about well-being and comfort is less related to the economic-progressive, technological and industrial aspect which continuously causes side effects that result in the suppression of other values. necessary for human beings, including the right to a healthy and environmentally friendly environment, harmless products and food safety. However, in today’s reality, economic theories are still supported, according to which any process evolves between two poles - production and consumption - in a relationship of interdependence, so of recognizing the active role of each of them. In this context, in the fight against the degradation of environmental factors, the first and foremost action should be directed towards the precise identification of the pollutant, followed by a detailed study of the methods and the intensity of the impact with which it acts on it. Although, initially the doctrine, but also the legislator considered economic activity as the main source of pollution, in the last decade, the eyes are also on the consumer, by whom depends on the amount of waste, technical condition and functionality of impacted products, control and possibility of reducing negative influences on the environment. This reality determines the need to change the consumer’s attitude towards the environment by linking his responsibility to that of the producer, both being treated from the position of potential aggressors, but at the same time, promoters of environmental values suggested by the legislator to take into account. production and consumption.