To reduce environmental pollution one can take the following measures:
1. Use of unleaded petrol or CNG in vehicles as fuel.
2. Use of catalytic converters in automobiles.
3. Avoiding the use of chloroflurocarbons to save ozone in the atmosphere.
4. Recycling and reuse of plastic and paper.
5. Plantation of more and more trees.
6. Optimizing the use of water.
7. Use of biodegradable material should be used.
8. Avoid burning crackers on Diwali.
9. Keeping radio, transistors, T.V., music system at low volume to control noise pollution.
10.Practising organic farming and avoiding excessive use of agro-chemicals.
(a) Radioactive wastes.
(b) Defunct ships and e-wastes.
(c) Municipal solid wastes.
(a) Greenhouse gases.
(b) Catalytic converter
(c) Ultraviolet B
List all the wastes that you generate, at home, school or during your trips to other places. Could you very easily reduce the generation of these wastes? Which would be difficult or rather impossible to reduce?
Match the following
A. Catalytic converter | (i) Particulate matter |
B. Electrostatic precipitator | (ii) Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides |
C. Earmuffs | (iii) High noise level |
D. Earmuffs | (iv) Solid wastes |