Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment.
💥The Importance of Recycling💥
Recycling helps to conserve natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals. When we recycle paper, for example, we reduce the need to cut down trees to make new paper. Similarly, when we recycle metals, we reduce the need to mine new ores.
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💥Info Pollution💥
💥IMPACT OF POLLUTION💥
💥PLASTIC Pollution💥
Plastic pollution can alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems' ability to adapt to climate change, directly affecting millions of people's livelihoods, food production capabilities and social well-being. UNEP's body of work demonstrates that the problem of plastic pollution doesn't exist in a vacuum.
💥 Pollution chokes Marine Wildlife
In a report released last week, Oceana found evidence of nearly 1,800 marine mammals and sea turtles from 40 different species swallowing or becoming entangled in plastic in United States’ waters since 2009
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In a report released last week, Oceana found evidence of nearly 1,800 marine mammals and sea turtles from 40 different species swallowing or becoming entangled in plastic in United States’ waters since 2009. Of those ocean animals, 88% were species listed as endangered or threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act. Plastics affected animals at all life stages, from juvenile sea turtles to seal mothers with actively nursing pups. More than 20% of the sea turtles that had ingested plastic were recent hatchlings – some merely a few days old. And in cases where plastic ingestion was the likely cause of or contributor to death, seven involved just a single piece of plastic.
💥Plastic Pollution damages Soil
Chlorinated plastic can release harmful chemicals into the surrounding soil, which can then seep into groundwater or other surrounding water sources, and also the ecosystem. This can cause a range of potentially harmful effects on the species that drink the water.
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Humanity now produces over more than 200 million tonnes of municipal solid plastic waste annually. This is equal to around 523 trillion plastic straws, which, if laid lengthwise, could wrap around the world approximately 2.8 million times (Dalberg, 2021). Unfortunately, waste management systems are inadequately prepared to deal with this large volume of plastic waste, resulting in an average of 41% of plastic waste being mismanaged.
💥Plastic Pollution poisons Groundwater
Microplastics have been found in groundwater, often a source of drinking water, along with rivers, soils and oceans. Scientists are now starting to examine what human health impacts the presence of microplastics in waterways and groundwater may be.
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Microplastics is a term used to describe very small pieces of plastic that end up in the environment – waterways, soil or rivers – resulting from incorrect disposal of waste or the breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste.
💥Plastic Pollution can cause serious Health Impacts
Studies have shown microplastics significantly damage cells in the human body, leading to serious health effects, including cancers, lung disease, and birth defects.
Plastic causes harm globally through five dominant effects. It fills the environment with debris, contaminates critical ingredients for survival, causes a wide range of known and unknown illnesses, bolsters the most destructive industries on Earth, and it just won't go away.
💥Plastic Production contributes to the Climate Crisis
Globally, burning plastic packaging adds 16 million metric tons of GHGs into the air, which is equivalent to more than 2.7 million homes' electricity use for one year.
Because single-use plastic is produced from fossil fuels, extracting and creating these plastics emits vast amounts of greenhouse gases. It is estimated that just the extraction of these fossil fuels and their transportation to plastic factories emits 1.5 to 12.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases
💥GENERAL WASTE Pollution💥
Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment. These harmful materials are called pollutants. Pollutants can be natural, such as volcanic ash. They can also be created by human activity, such as trash or runoff produced by factories. Pollutants damage the quality of air, water, and land
💥There are several types of Waste
💥Domestic
- Waste created by households. including food, electrical and battery waste
💥Hazardous
- Waste which needs to be disposed of in a careful way to prevent pollution. For example, chemicals used to make paint
💥Industrial and Commercial
- Waste from factories, offices, shops and schools
💥Agricultural
- oil, silage, plastics, pesticides and redundant machinery
💥Medical
- healthcare waste that maybe contaminated by blood or body fluids or other potentially infectious materials. Such as needles, PPE, expired medicines etc.
💥Can Waste breakdown and disappear?
Biodegradable Waste, such as food, paper and garden waste can breakdown naturally. Removing this from our household bins reduces the quantity of waste for disposal and can either be composted at home or on an industrial scale to then produce electricity.
Non-biodegradable Waste does not break down naturally in the environment e.g. drinks cans and plastic bags, batteries ) etc. They can take hundreds of years to break down and can contaminate soil and water resources, which will damage ecosystems and kill wildlife.
Non-biodegradable Waste does not break down naturally in the environment e.g. drinks cans and plastic bags, batteries ) etc. They can take hundreds of years to break down and can contaminate soil and water resources, which will damage ecosystems and kill wildlife.
💥Waste, Landfills and Recycling
Understand why landfill is bad for the environment, the problems with it as a destination for waste, and discover sustainable solutions and alternatives.
As NSW transitions to a circular economy, we need to transform the way we use and manage our resources to make them as productive as possible and reduce the environmental and human health impacts of waste.As waste decomposes in landfill it can release toxins and create leachate that pollutes land, ground, and water. Landfill also releases the greenhouse gas methane. These problems with landfill can all have negative effects on the local environment and the health of people and wildlife who live in the nearby area.Landfill is bad as it contributes to many environmental and health problems. Much of the rubbish thrown away in landfill sites takes many years to break down. As waste decomposes in landfill it can release toxins and create leachate that pollutes land, ground, and water. Landfill also releases the greenhouse gas methane.These problems with landfill can all have negative effects on the local environment and the health of people and wildlife who live in the nearby area. There are huge financial costs associated with landfill sites for councils, governments, businesses, and taxpayers. It’s also a long-term issue, as waste can take hundreds of years to break down, passing on the problems of landfill to future generations.
💥AIR Pollution💥
Air Pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials
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💥Effects of Air Pollution
Air Pollution is now the world’s fourth-largest risk factor for early death.
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Air Pollution is now the world’s fourth-largest risk factor for early death. According to the 2020 State of Global Air report—which summarizes the latest scientific understanding of air pollution around the world—4.5 million deaths were linked to outdoor air pollution exposures in 2019, and another 2.2 million deaths were caused by indoor air pollution. The world’s most populous countries, China and India, continue to bear the highest burdens of disease.
💥Smog and Soot
These are the two most prevalent types of air pollution.
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Smog (sometimes referred to as ground-level ozone) occurs when emissions from combusting fossil fuels react with sunlight. Soot—a type of particulate matter—is made up of tiny particles of chemicals, soil, smoke, dust, or allergens that are carried in the air. The sources of smog and soot are similar. “Both come from cars and trucks, factories, power plants, incinerators, engines, generally anything that combusts fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline, or natural gas.
💥Volcanos
Volcanoes pose a threat to almost half a billion people; today there are approximately 500 active volcanoes on Earth, and every year there are 10 to 40 volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions produce hazardous effects for the environment, climate, and the health of the exposed persons
Volcanic gases that pose the greatest potential hazards are sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen fluoride. Locally, sulfur dioxide gas can lead to acid rain and air pollution downwind from a volcano. These gases can come from lava flows as well as a volcano that erupts violently
Further effects are the deterioration of water quality, fewer periods of rain, crop damages, and the destruction of vegetation. During volcanic eruptions and their immediate aftermath, increased respiratory system morbidity has been observed as well as mortality among those affected by volcanic eruptions.
Further effects are the deterioration of water quality, fewer periods of rain, crop damages, and the destruction of vegetation. During volcanic eruptions and their immediate aftermath, increased respiratory system morbidity has been observed as well as mortality among those affected by volcanic eruptions.
💥Hazardous Air Pollutants
A number of air pollutants pose severe health risks and can sometimes be fatal, even in small amounts.
A number of air pollutants pose severe health risks and can sometimes be fatal, even in small amounts. Almost 200 of them are regulated by law; some of the most common are mercury, lead, dioxins, and benzene. “These are also most often emitted during gas or coal combustion, incineration, or—in the case of benzene—found in gasoline,” Walke says. Benzene, classified as a carcinogen by the EPA, can cause eye, skin, and lung irritation in the short term and blood disorders in the long term. Dioxins, more typically found in food but also present in small amounts in the air, is another carcinogen that can affect the liver in the short term and harm the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems, as well as reproductive functions. Mercury attacks the central nervous system. In large amounts, lead can damage children’s brains and kidneys, and even minimal exposure can affect children’s IQ and ability to learn.
Another category of toxic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are by-products of traffic exhaust and wildfire smoke. In large amounts, they have been linked to eye and lung irritation, blood and liver issues, and even cancer. In one study, the children of mothers exposed to PAHs during pregnancy showed slower brain-processing speeds and more pronounced symptoms of ADHD.
Another category of toxic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are by-products of traffic exhaust and wildfire smoke. In large amounts, they have been linked to eye and lung irritation, blood and liver issues, and even cancer. In one study, the children of mothers exposed to PAHs during pregnancy showed slower brain-processing speeds and more pronounced symptoms of ADHD.
💥Greenhouse Gases
While these climate pollutants don’t have the direct or immediate impacts on the human body associated with other air pollutants, like smog or hazardous chemicals, they are still harmful to our health
By trapping the earth’s heat in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases lead to warmer temperatures, which in turn lead to the hallmarks of climate change: rising sea levels, more extreme weather, heat-related deaths, and the increased transmission of infectious diseases. In 2021, carbon dioxide accounted for roughly 79 percent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and methane made up more than 11 percent. “Carbon dioxide comes from combusting fossil fuels, and methane comes from natural and industrial sources, including large amounts that are released during oil and gas drilling,” Walke says. “We emit far larger amounts of carbon dioxide, but methane is significantly more potent, so it’s also very destructive.”
Another class of greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide in their ability to trap heat. In October 2016, more than 140 countries signed the Kigali Agreement to reduce the use of these chemicals—which are found in air conditioners and refrigerators—and develop greener alternatives over time. (The United States officially signed onto the Kigali Agreement in 2022.)
Another class of greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide in their ability to trap heat. In October 2016, more than 140 countries signed the Kigali Agreement to reduce the use of these chemicals—which are found in air conditioners and refrigerators—and develop greener alternatives over time. (The United States officially signed onto the Kigali Agreement in 2022.)
💥OCEAN Pollution💥
Planet Earth has a Plastic Problem. Particularly our Oceans are becoming increasingly polluted with plastic and general waste, which is why the Ocean Conservancy hosted an international cleanup event last year.
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💥Plastics
The oceans are choked with plastic and becoming more acidic by the day...
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Right now it is estimated that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic – everything from plastic bottles and bags to microbeads – end up in our oceans each year. That’s a truckload of trash every minute.
💥General Waste
The Ocean Conservancy compiled a list of the top 10 items that were found. Five out of ten are plastic products.
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This is our planet! So why we are not protecting it?”
This is where we live, why are we hurting our home. Live on our earth. Love our earth, laugh on our earth this is the only one we have – SAVE IT.
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⭐ Info Nature ⭐
I declare this world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists. The sky, the mountains, the trees, the animals, give us a delight in and for themselves.
💦 Water 💦
Water is everywhere around and within us.
Nearly 70% of our planet’s surface is covered with it.
Nearly 60% of the human body is made of it.
It is the most abundant compound found in the universe.
Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates.
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⭐Sustainability
As populations have increased and we have relied on the Earth's natural resources—such as minerals, petroleum, coal, gas, and more—the Earth's biodiversity and creatures, from birds to insects to mammals, have declined in number.
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💥Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy, also called Alternative energy is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. These alternatives are intended to address concerns about fossil fuels, such as its high carbon dioxide emissions, an important factor in global warming. Marine energy, hydroelectric, wind, geothermal and solar power are all alternative sources of energy.
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⭐What can we do to contribute...
⭐Eight Simple Things We Can Do to:
- Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Cut down on what you throw away. ...
- Volunteer. Volunteer for cleanups in your community. ...
- Educate. ...
- Conserve water. ...
- Choose sustainable. ...
- Shop wisely. ...
- Use long-lasting light bulbs. ...
- Plant a tree.
Life is defined as any system capable of performing functions such as eating, metabolizing, excreting, breathing, moving, growing, reproducing, and responding to external stimuli, the period between birth and death, or the experience or state of being alive.
I declare this world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists. The sky, the mountains, the trees, the animals, give us a delight in and for themselves.
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