Problem
Industrial air emissions
Other Names:
Industrial waste gasPower station emissions
Industrial air pollution
Nature:
The environmental effects of point sources of pollutants, such as industrial plants, depend on many local factors, among which are topography, weather conditions, stack height, location, control equipment, raw materials used, and the type of process. In addition to sulphur dioxide, suspended particulate matter, and oxides of nitrogen, industrial air pollutants include lead, cadmium, mercury, beryllium, the mercaptans and hydrogen sulphide, fluorides, chlorine, asbestos, and many other wastes and by-products of technological processes.
Broader Problems:
Irritant fumesWasteful industriesGaseous air pollutantsPoisonous gases and vapoursWaste of resourcesUrban-industrial air pollutionEnvironmental impacts of power stationsEnvironmental hazards of industrialization Narrower Problems:
Industrial and domestic heating emissions as air pollutants Related Problems:
Inadequate waste incinerationMethane gas emissions from animal husbandry Aggravates:
Thermal pollutionSmoke as a pollutantNickel as a pollutantMercury as a pollutantFluorides as pollutantsVanadium as a pollutantManganese as a health hazardSulphur dioxide as a pollutantPhotochemical oxidant formationParticulate atmospheric pollutionIncrease in nitrous oxides in the atmosphere Reduced By:
Disposal of pollutants from chimney scrubbersStrategies:
Recycling industrial wastesReducing methane emissions from petroleum productionDecreasing atmospheric nitrous oxide concentrationsExtending producer responsibilityReducing industrial emissionsEnforcing air quality controls Subject(s):
Fundamental Sciences → Gaseous stateIndustry → Industry
Industry → Utilities
Societal Problems → Effluent
Societal Problems → Pollution
Societal Problems → Waste
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
06.08.2019 – 19:19 CEST