Dumping garbage at sea from scows

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 453.

Use of trickling and sand filters

Treatment works

To provide adequate velocity for the dry-weather flow of the waste water

To promote the coagulation of the finer suspended solids

To pass through large mesh screens

To drain wastewater

To accept the enormously enlarged inflow from rainstorms

The Imhoff tank

Storm sewers

Solids decomposed by bacteria

dumping in the oceans

gigantic, swirling garbage patches

groundwater

herbicide

industrial discharge

introduction of harmful contaminants

nitrates

nitrogen-rich fertilizers

noise pollution

on the brink of collapse

pesticide

plastics

radioactive traces

runoff from farms and coastal cities

sewage

solids

the Pacific Trash Vortex

to corral trillions of decomposing plastic items

to deposit contaminants in estuaries, bays, and deltas

to disrupt the migration, communication, hunting, and reproduction patterns

to dump into the oceans from land or by ships

to ensnare (about fishing nets)

to forbid dumping of harmful materials into the ocean

to harm marine creatures

to litter coastlines

to maintain pristine ocean ecosystems

to mistake the trash for food

to pollute ground water

to restore estuaries and bays

to rob the water of oxygen

to spawn massive blooms of algae

underground storage leakages

Land pollution

by-products of massive industrialization

denudation of soil

derelict

derelict land

dispersing them over the surface

drainage waters

dumping waste materials

erosion

erosion

industrial wastes

insufficient vegetation to hold soil in place

land pollution

lead

mercury

minerals and medicines

overexploit

rills (runoff channels)

scarred tableau

sheet-and-rill erosion

solvents and cleaners

storing radioactive wastes

to displace soil

use of agrochemicals

washed away soil

Air pollution

asthma

benzene

bio-diesel

carbon monoxide (CO)

combustion of sulfur-containing fossil fuels (coal)

combustion products

condensation

diesel

dust

emission of CFCs

filter out

forest fires/burning wood/leaves, firewood

gasoline

haze

hybrid car

irritant

low-emission engines

low-sulfur fuels

micron

MPC (maximum permitted concentration)

particulates (PM 10 and PM 2.5)

photochemical reactions resulting from the action of sunlight

pollen

release of particulates into atmosphere

re-suspended dusts

smog reaction

smoke

solid waste disposal

sulfur dioxide (SO2)

to curb air pollution

to die from air-pollution-related diseases

to increase rates of air pollution

to penetrate

toxin

traffic emissions (petrol and diesel-engined motor vehicles)

upper respiratory organs

volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Curbing Air Pollution

to build sustainable communities

to curb for dangerous chemicals

to dig fallen leaves in autumn

to install particulates/gas trappers on factory chimneys

to phasing out CFCs

to practice energy preserving technologies,

to recycle

to use “green” cars on hydrogen

to use alternative (solar, wind, water) power sources (renewables)

to use alternative power cars

to use biological filters

The Kyoto (Doha) Protocol

culprits for emissions

Doha amendment to the Kyoto protocol

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆)

to be assigned higher or lower targets

to commit to cut emissions

to continue with emissions above the targets

to denounce the convention

to engage in emissions trading

to exceed one's their reduction targets

to outsource carbon emissions to other countries

to overtake the USA in emissions

UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Waste

Solid waste (refuse, garbage)