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Different Types of Environmental Pollution

David Stewards — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:11:40 +0000

People always think that the water and air on the earth is endless, so they keep emitting million tons of waste gases into the sky and dumping numerous garbage into the rivers, lakes and oceans. As a result, human activities cause different types of environmental pollution. The clean-up of the garbage has become an important issue in many big cities. Among the million tons of garbage every day, most can not be incinerated or decayed, such as plastics, rubber and glass, which are considered as the number one enemy of mankind.
Marine pollution is mainly caused by the crude oil leaked from oil tanker and oil well, the pesticides and fertilizers used in agriculture, the sewage discharged from factories, and the acid solution exhausted from oil field. These wastes make most of the oceans and lakes polluted. As a result, not only the marine organisms are affected, but both the birds and humans may also be poisoned because of eating these organisms. Air pollution is the most direct and serious environmental pollution, mainly from the carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide emitted from factories, cars, power plants, and so on. Every day, there are many people infected with respiratory organ or visual organ diseases due to the exposure to these polluted air.

Water pollution happens when certain substance enters into the water and changes the chemical, physical, biological characteristics of the water, which then affects the efficient use of water, endangers human health, causes harm on the environment, and leads to the deterioration of water quality. Air pollution means that the concentration of pollutants in the air reaches to or above the hazardous level, which leads to the damage to ecosystems and the normal survival and development of human life. As a result, it will bring harms both on human being and creatures. Noise pollution is the phenomenon when the environmental noise exceeds the national emission standards of environmental noise, and interferences with the normal work, study, and living of other people.

Vegetarian Shoes and Ethical Fashion

Alan Smith — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:57:03 +0000

Ethical fashion, and vegetarian shoes by proxy, have traditionally had unfortunate stigmas attached to them. Usually associated with tragic environmentalists with a holier than thou attitude, vegetarian shoes and ethical fashion have really come of age. There are two principle reasons for this. The first is the development of vegetarian materials other than hemp that allow the creation of much more fashion conscious clothing and footwear, and the other is the internet.

The first is particularly important. Put simply, vegetarian shoes and fashion in general tended to rely heavily on hemp before the invention of modern synthetic materials. Nowadays, faux-leather is so convincing that it is almost impossible to tell the difference and vegetarian shoes have been spotted on Cheryl Cole, Cameron Diaz and Natalie Portman to name but a few. The effect of these materials cannot be overstated. Ethical fashion is no longer a sniggered at as an oxymoron, it really is just that and boutique fashion is now available without the ethical price tag. Designers are using these materials to make clothes at least as beautiful and functional as those found in common high street shops.

The internet has also been tremendously important in the growth of the vegetarian shoes and ethical market. Being a ‘long tail’ concern, vegetarian shoe shops were previously only found in certain corners of London and Brighton, propped up by a very specific customer base found in large enough numbers in very specific localities. Now, the internet has allowed online vegan fashion boutiques to emerge and connect with a large niche market when taken as a whole.

The ethical fashion market is still a niche concern, but with the combination of fresh, exciting clothes and a distribution network that connects disparate customers to form a sustainable customer base means that it is on the rise. This can only be seen as a good thing. Most ethical fashion designers are as concerned with ethics and vegetarian materials as they are with the environment, so you can be sure that most ethical fashion is also green fashion.

Benefits of Waste Management

David Stewards — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:15:01 +0000

There are several benefits of solid waste management and using it can control vermin that otherwise can spread harmful diseases. One can eliminate habitats for rodents as well as insects by disposing residential and commercial waste. These rodents and insects can create health risks, and wastes are the generator of these insects. One of the most alluring benefits of waste management is that it excludes the requirements of burying or burning the waste that can cause health risks to those living nearby to the area. Solid is considered as the perfect means to recycle the waste and convert it into some useful material.

Industrial waste management is another popular method in which all kinds of wastes are eliminated so as to reduce public health risks be it a solid waste or liquid waste. It is also necessary so as to keep the nearby environment pollution free and safe for the inhabitants. One can notice several toxic waste dumps in the industrial area where industrial waste is neglected or is not followed properly. The inhabitants in these areas can face serious health threats such as asthma.

One of the most unfortunate facts is that most of the successful industries neglect the need of proper industrial. You can feel threatened by knowing that these negligent industries never care for the regulations made for industrial waste management and are still earning huge profits. We all are equally responsible for our nearby areas and we must complaint the local authorities in case we find some waste in our surrounding area. Recycling the waste has become essential in the present times when environmental pollution is continuously on rise. Household as well as industrial waste is causing threat to our precious ecosystem and so we must initiate waste management. There are websites which give the latest news related to the recycling waste industry and its services.