Unit 1.5 Pollution Management Strategies Pollution Management Strategies Single Use Plastic Bag Charge, UK https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/31/shoppers-use-of-plastic-bags-in-engl and-continues-to-fall 1. Use the link above to describe how successful the charge has been in the UK (absolute numbers of bags and the %). [2 marks] 2. What limitations are there with this approach to managing pollution? [2 marks] 3. Cigarettes cause a lot of environmental pollution - why do so many people still throw them on the ground or the beach? [2 marks] 4. Why is it hard to change people's behaviours? [2 marks] 5. What stage of the pollution management diagram does this fit in? [1 mark] Unit 1.5 Pollution Management Strategies VolksWagen Illegal Vehicle Emissions https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15339250/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-vw-die sel-emissions-scandal/ 1. Use the link above to describe what have Volkswagen done? [2 marks] 2. How is it causing pollution? [2 marks] 3. Read the What’s going to happen to Volkswagen? section (near the bottom of the article) 4. What is the punishment being handed to VW? [2 marks] 5. What stage of the pollution management diagram does this fit in? [1 mark] BP: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2011 BBC: The Great American Oil Spill 1. 2. 3. 4. Describe the pollution event that occurred. How has the pollution event been managed? Have BP been held accountable/punished? How? Which stage of the pollution management diagram does this fit into? [2 marks] [2 marks] [2 marks] [1 mark] Summary Questions Briefly explain why it is better to deal with pollution at stage 1 of the diagram and why it gets more difficult and costly at stage 3. [4 marks]