Pollution Prevention (Vocabulary)

A process where a mixture of crushed coal and limestone are blown upward.

• VOC

• FBC

• Composite liner

• Cultural eutrophication

A piece of synthetic material placed over soil that has been pressed down.

• FBC
• Methane recovery
• Scrubber
• Composite liner

A process in which human activity contributes to nutrient pollution in water.

• Cultural eutrophication
• VOC
• FBC
• Gas desulphurization

Substances that evaporate at very low temperatures and may be unhealthy.

• Gas desulphurization
• Cultural eutrophication
• VOC
• Scrubber

The collection of methane for other purposes.

• Methane recovery
• VOC
• Gas desulphurization
• Scrubber

Device that removes gas and particulates from an exhaust of a power station.

• Scrubber
• VOC
• Composite liner
• FBC

A process that removes sulfur dioxide from combustion-product gases.

• Scrubber
• Composite liner
• Cultural eutrophication
• Gas desulphurization