Env/325 Pollution Prevention Paper

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Pollution Prevention Melissa D. Byerley ENV 325: Environmental Management Instructor Robin Glenn June 10, 2013 There are a variety of ways to prevent pollution including altering production or manufacturing processes, eliminating waste at the source, promoting the use of non-toxic or less-toxic substances, implementing conservation techniques, reusing materials or items, and population control; which can all work simultaneously for a better world, but issues such as political processes and policies create a hindrance. The many ideas surrounding pollution prevention are quite often simple, but due to economic impacts, these options are not always favorable because worldwide governments want the most successful economy possible, and…show more content…
Population stabilization is not necessarily easy to achieve though. Birth control and family planning are great ways to help slow population growth. This works in multiple ways, but the most successful approach is to educate the people and allow them to make their own informed decisions on this subject. All nations need to address population stabilization though, including developing nations, as this is a key role in global efforts for sustainability. “The ideological split between developed and developing countries was a thing of the past – all agreed that population growth must be dealt with in order to make progress in reducing poverty and promoting economic development.” (Wright & Boorse, 2011) A well-developed economy’s population stabilizes itself. This is closely linked to ideals such as women’s rights and how careers become just as important as families, thus reducing the number of children a woman chooses to bear. Also, a stable economy means that citizens no longer have to bear multiple children to take care of the elderly and the farm-like businesses of the family. Multiple children are no longer essential to survival and the amount of work they can…show more content…
All of these issues tie into each other and in order to make one work, all of the others have to as well. The government has the power to create laws and regulations to push industries and individuals to make better choices that result in less pollution. There has already been massive strides in pollution prevention and environmental preservation due to government entities and organizations taking the initiative to make the planet cleaner. References El-Halwagi, M. (1997). Pollution prevention through process integration: Systematic design tools. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Tietenberg, Tom, Lynne Lewis. (2010) Environmental Economics & Policy, 6th Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions. Verrastro, F. & Ladislaw, S.(2007). Providing Energy Security in an Interdependent World. The Washington Quarterly 30(4), 95-104. The MIT Press. Wright, R.T. & Boorse, D.F. (2011). Environmental studies: Toward a sustainable future (11th edition). New Jersey: Pearson
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