1. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS The environment is the surroundings that people live in. Business activities can have a damaging effect upon the environment. This might be noise, waste materials, congestion or destruction.

2. Describe the types of environmental problem that might be caused by the business activities in each of the next 3 cases: A Power Station

3. Building a road

4. An outdoor concert

5. A major city

6. Dumping waste

7. What damage can be caused As a result of their activities, businesses can have a damaging effect upon the environment. This is called Pollution. Fill in the different types of pollution on your sheets and make notes on each from the following slides:

8. Air pollution – this is caused by businesses emitting waste or gasses into the air. Amongst the main causes are fumes from vehicles run on petrol and diesel and emissions from power stations and factories Water pollution – Water pollution