Environmental accounting is the process of assessing the full spectrum of costs and benefits associated with the implementation of pollution prevention measures and other environmentally-friendly procedures. Through its Environmental Accounting Project, the EPA helps businesses to calculate the hidden costs of preventive actions, including public education, outreach, resource acquisition, permitting and facility modification. The Agency has also developed a set of Full Cost Accounting procedures to assist in the management of solid waste facilities.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• National Center for Environmental Economics
  Carries out research and analyses of the interactions and relationships between the economy and environmental pollution control.
• An Introduction to Environmental Accounting as a Business Management Tool: Key Concepts and Terms
  The central purpose of this primer is twofold: (1) to orient readers to key concepts often referred to as environmental accounting, and (2) to explain how the terms that refer to environmental accounting are currently being used.
• Full Cost Accounting
  Making cost - effective and informed decisions about municipal solid waste programs requires access to a broad spectrum of information.

Cost Sharing

Economic Revitalization

Environmental Accounting
Full Cost Accounting

Grants
Brownfield Grants, Cleanup Grants, Environmental Education Grants, Environmental Justice Grants, Performance Partnership Grants, Pollution Prevention Grants, Program Grants, Restoration Grants, Set Aside Grants

Performance Contracting

Regulatory Impact Analysis