Yet it is virtually impossible for a chemical plant to eliminate all airborne waste.
Society is increasingly aware of environmental challenges: solid, liquid, and airborne waste streams; shortages of water, material, and energy resources; and climate change.
Scientists at the New Jersey company Envirogen have adapted traditional biofiltration technology to perform airborne waste stream cleanup.
"A lagoon system was mandated to decrease reactive nitrogen containing waste release into waters.
Produced radioactive waste releases large quantities of heat.
After almost fifteen years of successful waste disposal operations, the first unambiguous airborne radiation release from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) was detected beyond the site boundary on February 14 , 2014
The evaporation or volatilization of animal wastes releases NH3 into the atmosphere.
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules in December that require utilities for the first time to curb the amount of mercury and other airborne toxins they release.
The Clean Air Act 1956 has meant that Londoners have actually spent half a century not groping about in airborne industrial waste, our noses now clogged only by particles we can't see.
Fuel substitution is also difficult: environmental activists worry that burning waste might release noxious chemicals.
When horses are in stalls, they are exposed to airborne particulate matter (PM) (aerosol), including the airborne particles released from stalls' bedding materials because of horses' activities.
