Environmental impacts of industry
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- Created on: 16-03-23 20:35
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- environmental impacts of industry
- impacts on physical environment
- manufacturing plants can look dull
- industrial processes and waste can cause air, soil and water pollution
- transport of raw material and manufacturing increases air pollution
- how can industrial development be more sustainable?
- care in design reduces visual impact
- technology to reduce harmful emissions
- desulphurisation can remove harmful gases
- heavy fines when pollution incidents occur
- impacts of quarrying
- destroy natural habitats
- pollute water courses
- scar landscapes
- making quarrying more sustainable
- strict controls
- recycling
- companies expected to restore or improve a quarry after use
- Torr Quarry, Somerset
- limestone quarry in Mendip Hills
- contributes over £15 million annually to local economy
- quarry is being restored to create wildlife lakes
- landscaping
- regular monitoring of noise, vibration, dust and water quality
- rail transport of quarried rock
- impacts on physical environment
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