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Reducing industrial emissions
Implementation:
In the 1970s, identifiable expenditures on reducing pollution in industrial countries typically amounted to 2.0 to 2.5% of investment costs. As standards have tightened, these expenditures have risen to 5% in Germany and Japan and 4% in the USA.
Broader:
Reducing industrial pollution
Narrower:
Meeting zero emissions target
Constrained by:
Covering up environmental pollution
Facilitated by:
Protesting industrial pollution
Registering industrial emissions
Monitoring industrial waste water pollutants
Heightening efficiency of industrial processes
Undertaking intersectoral research on pollution control
Developing air pollution control technology for urban industry and transportation
Facilitating access of developing countries to pollution control knowledge and technologies
Developing pollution control technologies
Problems:
Employment at risk through elimination of industrial pollution
Environmental hazards of industrialization
Export of hazardous industries
Health hazards of environmental pollution
Industrial air emissions
Industrial and domestic heating emissions as air pollutants
Industrial waste water pollutants
Suppression of information concerning environmental safety
Urban-industrial air pollution
Values:
Emissions
Subjects:
Industry
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Industry
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Effluent
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals: