PREVENT POLLUTION

How Can We Prevent Pollution?
Surprisingly, pollution prevention is not difficult. Opportunities can be found at home, when you shop at the store, when you go to school or when you go to work. You can take steps every day to help stop pollution. Once you get in the habit of thinking about the pollution you are creating, you will soon recognize more and more opportunities for preventing it.
Challenge yourself to find a new way to reduce pollution each week or improve on something you have already started, like riding your bike more often, or walking to school every day instead of once or twice a week.

Keep reading to find out how you can join in this effort to protect the environment.

Preventing AIR Pollution
Preventing WATER Pollution
Preventing LAND Pollution
Preventing NOISE Pollution

Preventing AIR Pollution

We can help to reduce and prevent air pollution by using less electricity and gasoline.

Walk, cycle or use public transportation
Give friends that are going to the same place as you a ride (i.e. car pooling)
Turn off lights, TV, radio and other electrical items when not in use
Use low-energy or energy-saving light bulbs
Avoid using gas powered machinery (i.e. lawn mowers)
Fill up the car with cleaner fuels
Keep your car tuned and schedule routine maintenance checks
Turn off your engine when waiting - do not idle!

Preventing WATER Pollution

There are a number of ways that you can help prevent water pollution around your house, school, work or neighbourhood. Here are just some of the ideas:

Install "low-flow" shower heads and faucets to reduce water use
Only run the dishwasher when it is full and use dishwasher soap that does not contain phosphates
Disconnect the down spout from your eaves trough if it discharges into a sewer system
Install a rain barrel to collect rain for watering plants and your lawn. Share your rainwater with neighbours.
Plant plants that can grow with low moisture content in soils and do not need to be watered very often
Take your car to a car wash facility rather than washing it in your driveway or on the street
Don't pour chemicals down the storm sewer
Buy biodegradable or environmentally friendly soap and other cleaning supplies
Fix taps, faucets and pipes that are leaking

Preventing LAND Pollution

The best thing we can all do to cut down on waste is to make less of it! When we reduce the amount of waste that we produce this will reduce amount of garbage that we have to dispose in landfills. Some ideas on reducing land pollution include:

Try to purchase materials that are sold in reusable containers
Look for products that have very little packaging to throw away
Buy biodegradable products
Buy in bulk to reduce packaging
Use safer alternatives to pesticides.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Buy organically grown fruits and vegetable. (i.e. those that are grown with natural fertilizers such as composted manure or compost)
Take old clothing, furniture and appliances in good working condition to collection depots and centres

Preventing NOISE Pollution

Reducing noise pollution is the easiest one of all.

Keep the volume of music and the television down at home so you don't disturb other family members or neighbours
Don't slam doors
Don't thunder up and down stairs - try to walk quietly

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