GCSE Biology Revision “Waste Management”

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In this video, we look at how the waste produced by human activity is polluting water, the air and land and how this is reducing biodiversity.

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Polluted river “https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oshiwara_river.JPG

Jan jörg [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons”

Crowd By David Sedlecký – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26084956

Wheat By Takkk – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10180274

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By Mark Ahsmann [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons”

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Garbage dump By Judgefloro – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40546183

House By Simon Oliver – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51206757

Factory By Niteshift – Self-photographed, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2431971

Trafford Centre By Charles Bowring – Photograph taken from Cessna 172s on 18 september 2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6243943

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By Dr. Raju Kasambe [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons”

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Flowers By Barbara Walsh from Ireland – Colour on a dull day, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63945640

Power station By Burger – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11005331

Peat cutting By Jon Sullivan – http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/field-public-domain-images-pictures/field-peat-cutting.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24905045

Music credit:

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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