Business And The Economy

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capturing or burning off the chemicals that cause acid rain, for example, UK’s industrial plants affecting the forests of Germany and Scandinavia.

Chemical pollution has no boundaries, dumping chemical in the North Sea by the northern European countries not only destroys the food chain in that area, but, with tidal and ocean currents, this pollution can affect organisms and eventually human beings on the other side of the globe.



Pros:- of firms like Rechem importing & disposing chemical waste:
1. Helps the environment because it discourages landfills.
2. It breaks chemicals down at high temperatures not a low normal temperatures which can be dangerous.
3. It can break down PCB’s which are extremely dangerous.
4. Brings money into the British economy.
5. Supplies jobs for workers.
6. Licences for this type of disposal is limited and helps the environmental factor of other countries that do not have this process and have to resort to landfills or burning the ...

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safety of disposing chemicals without discharging polluted air and that it can dispose of the ash and residue without contaminating the locality.
9. PCB’s are highly dangerous and are believed to cause cancer and damage to the liver.
10. Contaminated cargoes of PCB would have to be transported to the treatment plant on the road sea and air, any accidents in these situations would be disastrous and puts the British people and wildlife in a precarious situation.
11. Dock workers and employees refused to handle PCB’s from Canada.
12. Most of Britain’s larger ports refused to handle PCB material.
Economics of Importation of Chemical Waste

Rechem have been fortunate in the market ...

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