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PRIMER FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF POLLUTION PREVENTION PROJECTS
Citation:
Hauser, T. PRIMER FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF POLLUTION PREVENTION PROJECTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-93/059.
Description:
This primer will serve as a basic guide to pollution prevention investment -- specifically, the preparation of financial comparisons and justifications for such expenditures. he emphasis is on the basic analytical techniques needed to justify pollution prevention investments. oncentration is on weighing economic and financial aspects of various options instead of technical factors. lthough a variety of intangible costs (e.g., future liability, site remediation, potential legal actions, etc.) may be of some significance, these issues are only briefly addressed. s a primer, it is more definable costs (utilities, labor, capital costs, etc.) that are considered here.