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]