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