Question

Explain how pollution control measures will :

(a) Reduces risk of liability (b) Leads to cost savings.

Answer 1

(a) Reduces risk of liability: It is possible that an enterprise is held liable to pay compensation to its workers affected by the toxicity of gaseous, liquid and solid wastes it has released into the environment. Therefore, suitable pollution control devices should by installed to reduces such risk.

(b) Leads to cost savings: Cost savings are particularly noticeable when improper production technology results in greater wastes and increased operating cost of business like the higher cost of waste disposed and cost of cleaning the plants. Such economies losses can be reduced by an effective control programme.