pollution prevention
Stopping environmental harm
Pollution prevention is the practice of reducing or eliminating waste and contaminants at their source rather than managing them after they're created.
The approach favors redesigning processes, substituting materials, or changing practices over end-of-pipe treatment: The factory's pollution prevention program cut toxic emissions by half.
Often abbreviated P2 in regulatory and industrial contexts.
- recycling programsOrganized material recovery efforts
- reduce reuse recycleWaste minimization principles
- clean technologyEnvironmentally conscious industrial solutions
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- emission controlManaging released pollutants
air quality · clean air acts · water conservation · environmental regulations · organic farming · energy efficiency · public awareness campaigns · carbon footprint reduction · electric vehicles · circular economy · eco-friendly practices · green building · sustainable transportation · biodegradable materials · hazardous · toxic waste · carbon · sustainable
- water conservationwater conservation, drip irrigation, leak detection, rainwater collection, leak repair
- Water Protectionwatershed protection, water testing
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, recycle, sustainable yield, recycling programs
- plastic solutionsreusable bags, bioplastics, bans, reuse, upcycling
pollution preventionremediation
Act of correcting faults
pollution control · waste treatment · decontamination · damage mitigation · corrective action
pollution preventionpollution
Environmental harm from waste
polluting · contamination · environmental degradation · dumping · industrial pollution