EXHIBIT 99.5



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


To the Board of Directors and Stockholders, EMCON:

We consent to the  inclusion  in this Form 8-K/A of EMCON,  of our report  dated
April 5, 1996, which includes an explanatory  paragraph with respect to the sale
of  Organic  Waste  Technologies,  Inc.  and  Subsidiaries  to EMCON,  effective
February 29, 1996,  on our audits of the  consolidated  financial  statements of
Organic Waste  Technologies,  Inc. and  Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and
1994, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995.


                                                  COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Cleveland, Ohio
May 10, 1996