lunes, 27 de julio de 2009

Industrial Contamination

Our Final Project

The problem:
-Industrial pollution hurts the environment in a range of ways, and it has a negative impact on human lives and health. Pollutants can kill animals and plants, in balance ecosystems, degrade air quality radically, damage buildings, and generally degrade quality of life. Factory workers in areas with uncontrolled industrial pollution are especially vulnerable.

The solution:

-Clean technologies are new industrial processes or modifications of existing ones intended to reduce the impact of production activities on the environment, including reducing the use of energy and raw materials. LIFE funds projects most frequently submitted by small – and medium – sized enterprises (SME) from various industrial sectors which need assistance to overcome technical and financial obstacles to developing non-polluting technologies. In Italy a textile SME has reduced ink surpluses by 100% and waste water by 60% by developing digital fabric printing techniques at industrial level.

How to Prevent Water Pollution

We all can help prevent water pollution. Governments have laws that cover pollution by industry, but many of the things people do every day contribute to the problem. Our daily activities can cause pollutants to wash into storm sewers and then into lakes, rivers, streams and oceans.

Instructions:

Step 1
Learn about the flow of water. Water from households goes into sewage systems and then into treatment facilities in most communities, where many pollutants are removed. Water we use outside the house, such as in the garden, goes into storm sewers and straight into rivers, lakes and streams.
Step 2
Examine your habits. Use of pesticides means that when it rains on the lawn or garden, chemicals wash into the storm sewers.
Step 3
Pick up pet waste. This is also a form of water pollution we can prevent.
Step 4
Remember, polluting the land means polluting the water. Throwing away a cigarette butt on the ground near a grating means it eventually reaches a body of water.
Step 5
Watch disposal of household products such as paint and solvents. These chemicals also cause water pollution when you don't dispose of them properly. Use hazardous waste disposal depots.
Step 6
Set up a composter. This is a great way to reduce your weekly garbage dispose of yard clippings and make a wonderful rich organic product for garden soil.