What are the causes of this severe pollution? ... In this essay, I will explore these questions and to give an overview of water pollution issue in China. The first culprit to mention in the cause of water pollution is industrial waste. ... Only until recent years, when the phenomenon of environmental pollution including air pollution and water pollution in China reached a red alert, the international media attention and strongly condemned, the government and the authorities have been beginning really interested and get to work solving problem. In April 2015, China continued to announce a p...

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In the past, attention was paid to air pollution caused by emissions in the coal burning process however now more research is done to environmental degradation in terms of land pollution due to improper waste management. ... The dust emitted from these open coal mines contaminate the air quality and have given rise to a number of health problem to both miners and citizens. ... Sharma et al point out that the main cause of air pollution in coal mining is due to fugitive emissions of particulate matter and gases such as methane, sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen. ... When everyone is aware ...

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Instead of being fed on food scraps, pets are being fed with pet food, creating more packaging, and because of air pollution, many councils have banned backyard incinerators Australia's growing population and lack of space of where to put the garbage is also creating a massive problem. People also protest against more holes to be digged because of things like smell, pollution, littering, and generally because the value of their homes would be reduced. ...

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The more obvious effects include the depletion of nonrenewable natural resources (such as petroleum, coal, ores), and the added pollution of air, water, and land. ... Most modern technological processes produce unwanted byproducts in addition to the desired products, which are known as industrial waste and pollution. While most material waste is re-used in the industrial process, many forms are released into the environment, with negative environmental side effects, such as pollution and lack of sustainability. Different social and political systems establish different balances between the val...

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This would lead to people making informed decisions about buying products which are recyclable and minimize the amount of garbage that cannot be recycled.Recycling 'healing' the Earth in many ways, such as helping to slow global warming, diminishing acid rain, reducing water pollution, conserving landfill space, and lowering pollutants in the air '. ...

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Compared to the production of plastic bags, the EPA (paper bag production) spends much more money, using 91% greater energy than those producing plastic bags, and resulting in 50% more water pollution and 70% more air pollution (Weebly). ...

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The more waste we generate, the more we have to dispose of (Wild rose, 2010) the term "disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid wastes, hazardous wastes, or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters, from community activities (US Law-Solid Waste Act 2, 1999). ... Improper Waste Disposal Effects to Community Health Studies Accumulation of Solid Waste in the Philippines An...

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These renewable energy sources are important for several reasons: they reduce the amount of waste going into the landfills, they reduce Hawaii's dependence on fossil fuels such as oil, and they protect the environment by reducing the amount of emissions into the air and preventing runoff from landfills into sediments. ...

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