Estimating the Long Term Liability from Landfilling Hazardous Waste

Abstract

The financial justification for pollution prevention investment often depends on the ability of the proponent of the action to accurately reflect the longterm liability costs associated with alternative disposal methods available to generators of hazardous waste. Using microeconomic theory, a model has been developed which uses a liability factor to predict the long-term liability costs inherent in landfilling hazardous waste

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA265365

Entities

People

  • James R. Aldrich

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Medical Personnel
  • Solid Waste
  • Standards
  • Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Waste Management

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Theoretical Analysis.