Enviro-Management: How Smart Companies Turn Environmental Costs Into Profits

Denton (The Production Game: A User's Guide) makes his case that ``there is money to be made in consumer environmentalism.'' Discussing scores of corporations (Home Depot; 3M), he illustrates how firms can think green, satisfy their customers' environmental concerns and turn waste into cash. He suggests that products be designed with fewer component parts and less variety of materials; that garbage be sorted-glass, cans, water-and sold as by-products; that consumers demand that products' environment claims be documented. His well-researched study demonstrates how eco-balance sheets, environmental audits and participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Lights Program encourages labor and industry to reduce waste. (Oct.)