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CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 6(c)(i)

Industries often need incentives or interventions to adopt waste reduction and minimisation.

Name two measures that can be used to encourage industries to practise waste reduction and minimisation.

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  1. 6(a)State one reason why natural resources should be conserved.[1 mark]
  2. 6(b)Explain how the practice of waste reduction and minimisation leads to natural resource conservation.[3 marks]
  3. 6(c)(ii)Explain how one of the measures identified in (c)(i) persuades industries to practise waste reduction and minimisation.[4 marks]
  4. 6(c)(iii)Discuss one action that would support the effective implementation of these measures within the Caribbean.[3 marks]
  5. 6(d)(i)Calculate the percentage reduction in total suspended solids in the effluent after the entire treatment process.[3 marks]
  6. 6(d)(ii)Calculate the percentage reduction in total suspended solids after effluent passes through two ponds.[2 marks]
  7. 6(d)(iii)State whether four settling ponds are necessary for adequate pollution control at this quarry, giving one reason to justify your answer.[2 marks]

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