Understanding Environmental Pollution (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

This undergraduate textbook examines environmental pollution ranging from our homes to the global environment. Completely updated and with over 50% new and rewritten material, this new edition assesses the international scope of pollution, including water, climate change, acidification, energy, solid and hazardous waste, persistent chemicals, and pesticides. The pollutants of current major concern are examined, including plastics and electronic waste. Both the impacts and the sources of pollution are addressed, as well as governmental, corporate, and personal responsibility for pollution. Pollution prevention is emphasized throughout, but students will come to see that prevention is not enough. The text moves on to examine a circular economy with closed-loop systems, where by-products are reused, wastes become raw materials, water is recycled, and energy is recovered from waste energy. Understanding Environmental Pollution engages students with the idea that humanity holds the tools to confronting the daunting pollution issues by considering a circular economy.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	Marquita K. Hill
Dimensions:	275 x 219 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	466
Edition:	4th Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-43610-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General
LSN:	1-108-43610-2
Barcode:	9781108436106

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