Developing pollution control technologies

Developing appropriate pollution control technology on the basis of risk assessment and epidemiological research.

Prevention technologies – technologies that emphasize "protecting, conserving and sustaining the environment from the beginning, and thus avoiding the cycle of rectification of error – contribute to socially equitable and environmentally-sound development.

Dealing with environmental wastes through "end-of-pipe" measures (such as wastewater treatment systems, hazardous waste incinerators and other treatment technologies, secure landfills, monitoring equipment, solid waste hauling equipment, air pollution control equipment, and catalytic converters) has proven to be very costly and does not address all environmental problems.

Pollution prevention offers industry the advantages of: less need for costly pollution control equipment; "getting ahead" of environmental regulations; reduced reporting and permitting requirements, and less operation and maintenance of pollution control equipment.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Emerging technologies such as feedstock recycling have the potential to increase the levels of plastics recycling in the future.

1. Providing integrated pollution control
2. Developing effective technologies for treating waste

1. Training in pollution control, waste treatment and disposal technologies
2. Providing guidance on control technology for marine pollution from land-based sources
3. Facilitating transfer of marine pollution control technology to developing countries
4. Facilitating transfer of clean low-waste production processes
5. Facilitating access of developing countries to pollution control knowledge and technologies
6. Exchanging information on costs of control technologies for transboundary air pollution
7. Exchanging information on control technologies for transboundary air pollution
8. Developing water pollution control technologies
9. Developing technologies to control transboundary air pollution
10. Developing air pollution control technology for urban industry and transportation
11. Clean pollution control technologies for Industry

1. Substituting for harmful products
2. Responding rapidly to oil spills
3. Reducing pollution from energy generation
4. Reducing nitrogen and phosphoric pollution from animal production
5. Reducing industrial water pollution
6. Reducing industrial emissions
7. Reducing air pollution
8. Recycling plastics
9. Preventing pollution
10. Managing wastes
11. Enforcing air quality controls
12. Designing for environment
13. Cleaning up pollution

1. Subsidizing pollution control
2. Researching effects of fiscal policy on innovation of environmental technologies
3. Promoting research and development in transboundary air pollution control
4. Monitoring technical developments in national environmental action plans
5. Illuminating possibilities for resource use
6. Developing methodologies for impact assessment of atmospheric change
7. Applying environmental chemistry

1. Underdevelopment of countries
2. Technological underdevelopment

1. Uncleanliness
2. Pollution