Editing Pollution (section)

=={{anchor|Pollution control}}Control==
[[File:Litter trap.jpg|thumb|A litter trap catches floating waste in the [[Yarra River]], east-central [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia.]]
[[File:Thermal-oxidizer-rto.jpg|thumb|Air pollution control system, known as a [[Thermal oxidiser|thermal oxidizer]], decomposes hazard gases from industrial air streams at a factory in the [[United States]].]]
[[File:Dust collector kosovo.jpg|thumb|A [[dust collector]] in [[Pristina]], [[Kosovo]]]]Pollution control is a term used in [[environmental management]]. It refers to the control of [[emission standard|emissions]] and [[effluents]] into air, water or soil. Without pollution control, the [[waste]] products from [[overconsumption]], heating, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation and other human activities, whether they accumulate or disperse, will degrade the [[environment (biophysical)|environment]]. In the hierarchy of controls, pollution prevention and [[waste minimization]] are more desirable than pollution control. In the field of [[land development]], [[Low-impact development (Canada/US)|low impact development]] is a similar technique for the prevention of [[urban runoff]].

[[Policy]], [[law]] and monitoring/transparency/[[life-cycle assessment]]-attached [[economics]] could be developed and enforced to control pollution.<ref name="ChangPires2015">{{cite book | author1 = Ni-Bin Chang | author2 = Ana Pires | date = 18 February 2015 | title = Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Systems Engineering Approach | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | page = 209 | isbn = 978-1-118-96453-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Vli-BgAAQBAJ}}</ref> A review concluded that there is a lack of attention and action such as work on a [[global governance|globally]] supported "formal [[applied science|science]]–[[policy]] interface", e.g. to "[[Group decision-making|inform]] intervention, influence research, and guide funding".<ref name="10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00090-0"/>

In September 2023 a [[Global Framework on Chemicals]] aiming to reduce pollution was agreed during an international conference in [[Bonn]], Germany. The framework includes 28 targets, for example, to "end the use of hazardous pesticides in agriculture where the risks have not been managed" by 2035.<ref>{{cite web |title=New UN framework to protect environment from harmful chemicals |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1141717 |website=United Nations |date=30 September 2023 |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>

===Practices===
* [[Recycling]]
* [[Reuse|Reusing]]
* [[Waste minimisation]]
* [[Environmental mitigation|Mitigating]]
* Pollution prevention
* [[Compost]]

===Devices===
* [[Air pollution|Air pollution control]]
** [[Green wall]]
** [[Smog tower|Smog Tower]]
** [[Thermal oxidiser|Thermal oxidizer]]
* [[Bioremediation]]
* [[Dust collector|Dust collection systems]]
** [[Dust collector#Types of baghouses|Baghouses]]
** [[Cyclonic separation|Cyclones]]
** [[Electrostatic precipitator]]s
* [[Scrubber]]s
** [[Baffle spray scrubber]]
** [[Cyclonic spray scrubber]]
** [[Ejector venturi scrubber]]
** [[Mechanically aided scrubber]]
** [[Spray tower]]
** [[Wet scrubber]]
* [[Sewage treatment]]
** [[Sedimentation (water treatment)|Sedimentation]] (Primary treatment)
** [[Activated sludge|Activated sludge biotreaters]] (Secondary treatment; also used for industrial wastewater)
** [[Aerated lagoon]]s
** [[Constructed wetlands]] (also used for urban runoff)
* [[Industrial wastewater treatment]]
** [[API oil-water separator]]s<ref name="Aqueous">{{cite book|author=Beychok, Milton R.|title=Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants|edition= 1st|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=1967|lccn=67019834|isbn=978-0-471-07189-1|title-link=Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=American Petroleum Institute (API)|title=Management of Water Discharges: Design and Operations of Oil–Water Separators|edition= 1st|publisher=American Petroleum Institute|date=February 1990|author-link=American Petroleum Institute}}</ref>
** [[Biofilter]]s
** [[Dissolved air flotation]] (DAF)
** [[Powdered activated carbon treatment]]
** [[Ultrafiltration]]
* [[Vapor recovery|Vapor recovery systems]]
* [[Phytoremediation]]