Waste and Pollution

What is pollution

• The presence of waste or agent which has increased and reached a point where it can't be managed and harms the environment

Types of pollution

• Point source
• Can be tracked to a particular source

• Non-point source
• Does not have a single source
• Red tide

Pollution management

• Problem since the industrial revolution
• Popular in the late 20th century

Sources per type

• Water
• Air
• Soil

Type	Point Source	Non-point Source
Water	Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Discharges for chemical agents and organic matter	agricultural and urban runoff
	Industrial Plant Discharges may include metals and chemicals which change water's pH	runoff from mining and construction site
Air	power plants, smelters, industrial and commercial boilers	On road mobile sources like cars and trucks
	wood and pulp processors, paper mills, industrial surface coating facilities, refinery and chemical processing operations, and petroleum storage tanks	natural sources such as windstorms and fires
Soil	Agricultural Pesticides	Runoff