Environmental issue

Activity # 8

Land Pollution

Nowadays, there is an excess of waste being dumped.The health problems that could occur from land pollution, are not very well known at this time. But the problems the amount of toxic chemicals, coming from this waste, are going to cause, are health issues such as deformities or cancers. This is the worrying issue and it is not quite clear yet about the way in which to prevent health problems from land pollution.

Land pollution basically is about contaminating the land surface of the Earth through dumping urban waste matter indiscriminately, dumping of industrial waste, mineral exploitation, and misusing the soil by harmful agricultural practices. Land pollution includes visible litter and waste along with the soil itself being polluted. The soil gets polluted by the chemicals in pesticides and herbicides used for agricultural purposes along with waste matter being littered in urban areas such as roads, parks, and streets.
Land pollution is where our land may be as far as being contaminated. All of the bad toxic chemicals and waste, that is left or dumped on our land, causes it to become polluted. All types of waste can be found on land. Some is left behind after human activities and some is washed ashore from boats and sewage outlets. Also, acid rain can pollute our land.
The solution to land pollution is: Reduce, re-use and recycle. We can try to prevent land pollution by disposing of some waste correctly. Appliances such as refrigerators, should be disposed of by the local council. The best way to arrange this is to give your local council a call and they will come to collect it for you and dispose of it correctly.
We are creating too much waste due to in particular to much unnecessary packaging. In addition to this, we do not adequately recycle the waste we create. Many of the resources we use in our everyday lives, are disposed of quickly. Food is wrapped in paper or plastic bags, drinks are in throw-away bottles or cans, batteries are disposed of after a short life. To many cans are needlessly ending up in landfill, when they could be recycled into cars, bridges, freezers or more steel cans.