1. The new environment

1.1 Environmental protection

This topic is the subject of the article Environmental protection in the industrial environment [A 8 650] in the treatise L'entreprise industriel. We will therefore confine ourselves here to a brief review.

Environmental protection aims to preserve mankind, safeguard living beings and ensure respect for the natural and man-made elements in which human life takes place, against all forms of aggression through pollution or nuisance.