Pollution - Preventive Measures
ICSE · Class 9 · Geography
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- Pollution is the contamination of air, soil, or water by harmful substances.
- Pollution prevention focuses on reducing or eliminating pollution at its source.
- Efficient resource use, safer substitutes, and eliminating toxic substances are core prevention strategies.
- Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so more than one person travels in a vehicle.
- It reduces carbon emissions, traffic congestion, and the need for parking spaces.
- Carpooling lowers each person's fuel costs, toll expenses, and driving stress.
- Public transport includes trains, trams, buses, metros, and ferries available for general public use.
- It relieves traffic congestion and significantly reduces air pollution from road transport.
- One bus or train replaces dozens of individual cars, dramatically cutting emissions.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Pollution prevention means cleaning up pollution after it has already occurred.
Carpooling means using a taxi or cab service to share rides with strangers for money.
Public transport and carpooling are the same thing.
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The 7 Preventive Measures against Pollution
Carpooling reduces carbon emissions and traffic congestion
Carpooling also reduces toll costs and parking needs
Public transport includes trains, trams, and buses and reduces air pollution
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