Solutions to Pollution
• Pollution prevention
– Prevent pollutants from entering the environment 4 Rs Principle - Refuse (do not
use); Reduce (use less); Reuse - Using a resource over and over in the same form; Recycling - Collecting and reprocessing a resource into new products.
• Pollution cleanup
– After pollutants released into environment
– Temporary fix only
– Often results in different pollution: burning garbage
– Dispersed pollutants usually too costly to clean up effectively