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A business is part of the society and is therefore expected to ensure its surroundings are healthy and safe. Explain five ways in which a...

      

A business is part of the society and is therefore expected to ensure its surroundings are healthy and safe. Explain five ways in which a business can protect its physical environment.

  

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william
i. Avoiding air pollution/releasing gases into the air that are harmful(poisonous to humans/affect the ozone layer) by using non-polluting sources of energy/through proper disposal of waste gases.

ii. Avoiding water pollution/releasing toxic liquids/effluent into water systems (that could be poisonous /harmful to humans/marine life)by recycling used water before releasing to water bodies.

iii. Avoiding solid waste solution/dumping soil waste on the land surface (that can create breeding places for dangerous insects/are bad to look at/produce bad smells)through recycling/packaging products in environmentally friendly materials.

iv. Avoid noise pollution by using machinery/vehicles that produce less noise/comfortable silencers( which can affect people’s hearing/interfere with other people’s work)

v. Avoid/protect people against emission of strong light (that could be harmful to people’s eyesight) through use of protective eye shields/sunglasses.

vi. Avoiding destruction of the natural vegetation through preservation measures/planting/replanting of the vegetation/through afforestation and reafforestation
steve williams answered the question on December 30, 2017 at 13:21


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