Each person has the ability to reduce the amount of pollution that humans create.Here comes the best and the most effective way to curb pollution which will ensure healthy environment and lush green nature not only for us but also for our generations to come! Each One Plant One must be an exercise we must do and make popular among out communities. We all can together restore the natural health and preserve biodiversity by planting trees and making sure that they are nurtured with care and love.
Increasing use of bicycles and electric transport
One of the best things you can do to help stop pollution is to stop using your car for short trips. If the weather is nice and you don’t have too far to go, consider walking or riding your bike. Bicycles will not only ensure lesser pollution in the air but also keep us healthy and fit. Moreover, we need to seriously indulge in the research for new hydrogen run automobiles or electricity run vehicles to cut down on pollution figures.
Carpool to school or work
We can share travel space with co-workers or friends by car pooling. This will not only save us from further increment of pollution but also save our precious natural oil resources. Moreover, using the public transport is a good option which is cost effective too.
Choose local food whenever possible
Instead of purchasing food that has traveled thousands of miles to get to your table, choose food that comes from nearby farms and that has been grown using sustainable methods. Before you buy, ask the farmer or grower about their techniques to learn about their efforts to stop pollution.
Grow your own fruits and vegetables
Starting a garden in your own backyard is another great way to help stop pollution. Plants and trees convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and act as a carbon sink, which means less pollution. In addition, the fruits and vegetables that you grow in your backyard will take the place of store bought items that may have had to travel many miles to end up on your plate.
Turn off lights and electronics when you are not in the room
You can also unplug them for even more energy savings. Plugging electronics into a power strip is also a good strategy because you can easily turn off the power strip and turn off all of the electronics at the same time.
Choose energy efficient light bulb
Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) can save up to 75% of the energy that goes toward lighting your home. These bulbs also produce less heat than normal light bulbs.
Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling
Lots of waste is generated by disposable cups, plates, utensils and storage containers for food. Instead of contributing to the waste in landfills by using disposable dinnerware, primarily use reusable items.The best way is to recycle things such as cardboard, paper, metal or other alloys.
Instead of simply throwing them away, we can sell them off to scrap dealer who further gets our things recycled for another cycle of consumption purposes.
Try to avoid products that do not have a recycle symbol on the package or that are made of mixed materials that may not be easy to recycle.
Use of old clothes
The old, used clothes should not be thrown away. We could either give them off to the needy who can put them to some use or we could use our creative genes into operation by making cloth bags or other useful and innovative things from what we thought was “waste”.
Use fewer and environmentally friendly chemicals
Chemicals we use to wash our homes, cars and even our bodies get washed down the drain and into the sewer system, but they often end up in the groundwater. These chemicals aren’t good for the plants and animals that make up our ecosystems, and they aren’t healthy for human consumption, either. Whenever possible, use natural, healthy alternatives to chemicals.
Don’t flush medication
Large doses of medication are difficult for water sanitation systems to remove from the water supply, and they end up impacting everyone who drinks the water. Each medication on the market has specific instructions for how it should be disposed. If you need to throw medication away, find out the proper way to do it instead of resorting to flushing.
Stop burning of waste
We often do this to get rid of our waste but do not acknowledge the pollution we are adding to by our actions. Burning paper or dry leaves or plastic polythene bags can turn very toxic for our environment. Burning of these leads to air pollution along with the release of harmful mono oxides of the chemicals that can turn fatal if inhaled.
Soil test before you fertilize
If you are spending money on fertilizer without testing your soil, you may just be dumping fertilizer in the river and polluting. You may be supersized that you don’t have to fertilize your garden every year. Soil tests are easy to do, collect the sample and send it in to the respective lab.
Segregate Waste
We can begin with segregating wastes that can be easily broken down by the soil called biodegradable waste like vegetable peels, dry leaves etc. and the non-biodegradable waste like glass bottles, metal cans and plastic bags. The non-biodegradable waste can be recycled or sold off while the biodegradable waste could be an excellent manure for your very own kitchen garden!
Lower the volume of speakers and machines
We can listen songs, radios, TVs in lower volume when listening from headphones or speakers.We can check for machineries which are creating noise due to vibrations and put some noise absorbents to reduce noise.We can shut the door after we turn on dishwashers or washing machines for rooms where it is kept.
Tell people about pollution
Just talking about pollution with other people can lead to interesting discussions. Be prepared with answers for people who don’t think there’s anything they can do to help stop it.
Pollution and the damage it causes is a very serious topic that some people may be averse to discussing. As someone who cares about this issue, be sensitive to others’ perspectives and find ways to help them gain a deeper understanding of what’s happening to the earth.
