When We Start Burning Forests.: What Is Pollution?
When We Start Burning Forests.: What Is Pollution?
When We Start Burning Forests.: What Is Pollution?
Types of Pollution
Air Pollution
- affects the air
- is a major problem effecting the entire world especially
when we start burning forests.
Increase in agricultural land. As the human population grew there was a greater
demand for food. This caused more land allocated to agriculture. Forests were cut
down for this purpose.
Domestic waste. Every single day, tons and tons of domestic waste is dumped
ranging from huge pieces of rubbish such as unused refrigerator to fish bones. If all
these wastes are not disposed of properly, the damage they can do to the
environment and humankind can be devastating. While waste collected from
homes, offices and industries may be recycled or burnt in incinerators, a large
amount of rubbish is neither burnt nor recycled but is left in certain areas marked
as dumping grounds. We throw away more things today and there is an increase in
the quantity of solid waste. This has given rise to problems as new dumping
grounds have to be found.
Pollution sources include plastics factories, chemical plants, oil refineries, nuclear
waste disposal activity, large animal farms, coal-fired power plants, metals
production factories and other heavy industry.
Water pollution Hand-out