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Environmental protection expenditure by private industry: 2004
United Kingdom
Environmental protection expenditure is spending by companies or the public sector where the primary aim is to reduce environmental pollution. This includes expenditure to reduce or prevent emission to air or water, to dispose of waste materials, to protect soil and groundwater, to prevent noise and vibration, or to protect the natural environment.
Based on a survey in 2004, UK industry spent an estimated £3.2 billion on environmental protection expenditure. Around two-thirds of the spending was divided between solid wastes and reduction of emissions of pollutants to water.
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- Defra UK Environmental Protection Expenditure by Industry Survey
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