The ethos whereby a person or persons whose business from whence pollution originates is held to be responsible for the costs of measures to prevent, control or reduce the said pollution. The principle encompasses both the producer and the consumer. It...

A system in which the payment by an end user for a product or service reflects the full cost of all the (especially natural) resources used in their production. The term is used primarily in provision of goods for the wider community or society such as...

This expression allows calculation of the charges to the producer of an industrial pollutant discharged to a municipal treatment facility, see Polluter Pays...

see Publicly owned treatment...

The Polluter Pays Principle is a principle in international environmental law where the polluting party pays for the damage done to the natural environment. It is regarded as a regional custom because of the strong support it has received in most...