What is reducing pollution?

Answer 1

Reducing waste means cutting down the amount of garbage you throw away. You can do this by recycling more, using a worm farm, compost bin or chickens or guineapigs to deal with organic waste, and reducing your purchase of useless consumables and over-packaged, multi-wrapped food. Refusing bags at fast food counters and supermarkets is a good step!

Answer 2

Assuming the question does not mean"What is the meaning of the phrase "reducing pollution?" the factors at work in the world to reduce the emissions of pollutants are:

Economic:

* raw material which are lost to pollution are paid for by the polluter, less waste mean more product and more profit * raw materials are costly, recovered materials are usually purer and save money * stock holders demand good environmental performance Scientific/Engineering:

* systems are avialable to measure and control pollutants * the impacts of pollutants can be measured

Legal:

* most governments have created anti-pollution laws which levy heavv fines on polluters * regulations require prestart-up installation of pollution control systems Societal:

* citizens are aware of the problems with pollution and will become active is companies are viewed to be uncaring