【Eng-Notes】Environmental Protection

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Types of pollution

Land pollution

²  Rubbish dump

²  Landfills

Air pollution

²  Factories – smoke, chimney

²  Motor vehicles – fumes

²  Power stations

Noise pollution

²  Domestic noise

²  Plane engines

²  Construction works

²  Road works

Water pollution

²  Ship accidents – oil spills

²  Sewage

Light pollution

²  Neon lights on advertisements and signs

²  Lights in office buildings

Fight pollution

Reduce waste

²  Use reusable shopping bags

²  Use rechargeable batteries

²  Repair things instead of throwing them away

²  Use handkerchiefs

²  Write on both sides on a piece of paper

²  Use second-hand products paper

² Use products with less packaging

Don’t

²  Use plastic bags

²  Use tissues

²  Use paper towels

²  Use wrapping paper

Reuse

²  Envelopes

²  Shopping bags

²  Wrapping paper

Donate

²  Toys

²  Books

²  Clothes

²  Furniture

²  Electrical appliances

Recycle

Recycling bins

²  Paper

²  Plastic bags

²  Plastic bottles

²  Cans

²  Paper bags

²  Glass bottles à Eco-blocks

²  Tyres à rubber mats

²  Food waste à fertilizer

Fighting air pollution

²  Use public transport instead of cars

²  Ride a bike

²  Plant more trees

²  Turns off the car engines while waiting

²  Use energy – saving light bulbs

Fighting water pollution

Use less water

²  Take showers instead of baths

²  Save the water for washing rice to water plants

²  Use both water to wash the floor

²  Only turn on the washing machine when it has a full load

Fighting noise pollution

²  Build screens to block of traffic noise

²  Keep the TV and music volume low

²  Use quieter construction machines