Calculate the environmental cost per pound of fertilizer

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Assigning Environmental Costs; Life-Cycle Cost Assessment; Environmental Cost Control

Pierce Enterprises produces two types of fertilizers: Quikrichen and Longrichen. Pierce recently has received significant criticism from environmental groups, local residents, and the federal government concerning its environmental per- formance. Henry Hyde, president of Pierce, wants to know how the company's environmental activities affect the cost of each product. He believes that the main source of the environmental problems lies with Quikrichen but would like some evidence to support (or refute) this belief. The controller has assem- bled the following data to help answer this question:

	Quikrichen	Longrichen
Pounds of fertilizer produced	1,000,000	2,000,000
Engineering hours (process design)	1,500	4,500
Pounds of solid residues treated	30,000	10,000
Inspection hours (environmental)	10,000	5,000
Cleanup hours (local lake)	8,000	2,000
Additionally, the following environmental activity costs were reported:
Designing process	$150,000
Treating residues	600,000
Inspecting process	120,000
Cleaning up lake	200,000

Required

1. Calculate the environmental cost per pound of fertilizer for each product.

2. Based on the calculations in Requirement 1, which product appears to be the most environmentally harmful?

3. Would life-cycle cost assessment provide stronger evidence for the environmental suitability of each product? Explain.

4. Explain how a strategic-based responsibility accounting system can be used to help improve Pierce's performance.

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