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5 marksPollution Monitoring, Policy, and International Conventions

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 6(b)

Present an outline of a research project designed to determine the effectiveness of legislation introducing a deposit-refund system on plastic bottles to reduce environmental litter, indicating specifically what will be measured and how it demonstrates effectiveness.

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  1. 6(a)(i)State TWO underlying causes of pollution, other than a lack of environmental ethics.[2 marks]
  2. 6(a)(ii)Define the term 'environmental ethics'.[1 mark]
  3. 6(a)(iii)Suggest TWO reasons demonstrating how a lack of environmental ethics functions as an underlying cause of pollution.[4 marks]
  4. 6(c)(i)Explain why CARICOM countries would NOT want hazardous waste shipped through the Caribbean Sea.[4 marks]
  5. 6(c)(ii)Outline the basis of the Basel and Cartagena Conventions, and use this information to indicate which convention is better suited to address the issue of…[4 marks]

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