Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
WWS technologies eliminate energy-related emissions. However, some emissions that affect human health and climate are not from energy sources but must still be reduced or eliminated in order to help solve the air pollution and climate problems we face. Such nonenergy emissions include gases and particles from open biomass burning; methane from agriculture and landfill waste; halogens from leaks and their reckless disposal; and nitrous oxide from fertilizers, industry, and wastewater treatment. These sources of emissions and methods of controlling them are discussed in this chapter.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.