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Waste management

Biology (Separate Science) · GCSE · AQA · AQA GCSE Biology - Higher Tier - (8461) · Specification point · 4.7.3.2 · Ecology · Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems

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4.7.3.2 Waste management

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$Rapid growth in the human population and an increase in the standard of living mean that increasingly more resources are used and more waste is produced. Unless waste and chemical materials are properly handled, more pollution will be caused. Pollution can occur: in water, from sewage, fertiliser or toxic chemicals in air, from smoke and acidic gases on land, from landfill and from toxic chemicals. Pollution kills plants and animals which can reduce biodiversity.$	$There are links with this content to GCSE Chemistry 4.9.3.1 Atmospheric pollutants from fuels.$

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Rapid growth in the human population and an increase in the standard of living mean that increasingly more resources are used and more waste is produced. Unless waste and chemical materials are properly handled, more pollution will be caused. Pollution can occur: in water, from sewage, fertiliser or toxic chemicals in air, from smoke and acidic gases on land, from landfill and from toxic chemicals. Pollution kills plants and animals which can reduce biodiversity.

There are links with this content to GCSE Chemistry 4.9.3.1 Atmospheric pollutants from fuels.