pollution controls
Environmental protection measures
Pollution controls are regulations, devices, or practices designed to limit environmental contamination.
The term covers both policy measures—emission standards, cap-and-trade systems—and physical equipment like catalytic converters or smokestack scrubbers.
Industries often resist new pollution controls as costly burdens: The factory installed pollution controls to meet EPA requirements.
- air scrubbersDevices removing airborne contaminants
- emission standardsLegal limits on pollutants released
- smog checkVehicle pollution compliance test
- recycling programsOrganized material recovery efforts
- catalytic convertersExhaust system emission reducers
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