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Where do people keep seeing "industrial pollution" in very basic, not material intensive light industry? There are very few things in the light industry today
by baybal2 5y ago
Where do people keep seeing "industrial pollution" in very basic, not material intensive light industry?
There are very few things in the light industry today making pollution. PCB etchants, dyes, solvents — all being actively reclaimed for decades.
- supertrope 5y agoTrucks burn diesel and pump exhaust into the air.
- baybal2 5y agoTrucks burning diesel stand in no rank whatsoever with steel mills, or concrete kilns.
- eigen 5y agoThings like Abattoirs, Textiles, and Paper Making are all considered light industry. If you've ever driven by one of these you may understand industrial pollution.
- baybal2 5y agoI would be very surprised if US textile mills don't reclaim their dyes when even Bangladeshi ones do.