pollution prevention

You are the environmental compliance officer at a company that is setting up a new paint coating line. Describe the steps you would take to determine if any hazardous wastes will be generated during processing which will need disposal. If there are any, what steps would you take to properly dispose of them? Explain you reasoning

Question 1. _________________ is the length of time it takes for revenues from a project to equal investment cost.

Net present value

Cost-benefit period

Payback periods

IRR

Question 2. Environmental permitting, waste handling, and worker compensation are all examples of ____________________.

internal cost

external cost

conventional cost

indirect cost

Question 3. Environmental labeling is also being addressed by ___________.

the United States

ISO 14000

Pollution Prevention Act Amendments

China

Question 4. The interest rate that is used to relate the future value of money to its present value is the ____________________.

market value

discount rate

prime rate

market rate

Question 5. P2 factors are calculated using a __________.

scoring graph

bar graph

matrix scoring criteria

log plot of options

Question 6. ________________ is the process of describing the impact of concern.

Classification

Valuation

Equivalency

Characterization

Question 7. Air and water pollution as well as land destruction are examples of _________ in the economic arena.

externalities

microeconomics

marginal cost

marginal benefits

Question 8. Streamlined LCA's are used ___________.

in the conceptual stage

for small industries

in the inventory stage

for summation of P2 factors

Question 9. _____________ is the final step in the LCA.

Classification

Valuation

Equivalency

Characterization

Question 10. _______________ is the study of individual consumers, firms, and markets.

Economics

Microeconomics

Engineering economics

Macroeconomics

Question 11. What is the significance of the discount rate, present worth, net present value,