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  2. Prohibitive costs of purification of effluents and emissions

Prohibitive costs of purification of effluents and emissions

Nature

Anti-pollution measures are deemed too costly by industry and by governmental polluters such as the military. Technology to recycle pollutants back into energy, fuel, fertilizer, or protein production is inadequately funded, although processes of this nature would pay for a large part of remaining purification costs.

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Prohibition
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Emissions
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and SanitationSustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
  • Societal problems » Effluent
  • Societal problems » Hygiene
Content quality
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Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024