The polluter-pays principle aims to correct market failure and its resulting social injustice by shifting pollution … costs from the public at large to polluting enterprises, while at the same time reducing the amount of pollution produced … instrument of pollution control in its domestic jurisdiction necessitates as a matter of legal principle a corresponding reliance …

achieving sustainable development. The Polluter Pays Principle requires polluters to bear the costs of the pollution prevention … and investment by ensuring that the costs of goods and services that cause pollution when produced or consumed reflect the … costs of the pollution prevention and control measures required by public authorities. If the Polluter Pays Principle is to …