UK - IMPACT OF INDUSTRY ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

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How can industry effect physical environment?
- Release pollutants. - Release greenhouse gases. - Damaging environment through raw mineral extraction.
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How can modern industrial developments be more environmentally sustainable?
- Strict environmental regulations. - Better environmental awareness. - Increasing energy and waste disposal costs.
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How can modern industrial developments be more environmentally sustainable? - example: when and where?
-Jaguar Land Rover opened new engine manufacturing centre in Wolverhampton in 2014.
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How can modern industrial developments be more environmentally sustainable? - example: what?
-Factory designed to operate more sustainably.-Maximised natural cooling+natural light to reduce energy use.-Solar panels on roof(generate 30% of plant's electricity). - Almost all waste from plant is recycled (only small proportion goes to landfill)
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