Question 1
Figure Total carbon impacts of Scotland's 2018 household waste
Suggest two pollution management strategies that could be used to decrease the carbon impacts from paper waste in Scotland.
Figure Total carbon impacts of Scotland's 2018 household waste
Suggest two pollution management strategies that could be used to decrease the carbon impacts from paper waste in Scotland.
a. Greater local investment into recycling/composting programs;
b. Education/publicity campaigns highlighting issue of paper waste/promoting recycled paper/recycling paper;
c. Incentives to reduce paper mail towards electronic mail;
d. Legislation/incentives to reduce packaging in industries;
e. Legislation to increase the proportion of recycled material in the manufacture of paper and cardboard;
f. Increase price of paper/add paper tax to reduce consumption;
g. Reforestation/afforestation to sequester/absorb more carbon;
Note to examiners: Do not credit response that simply states "recycling" or responses that address deforestation.