Essay Example #1
A herd of animals breaks the silence from the still ambiance within the mild plains. As they roam around the fresh green grass, blossoming with trees and flowers, their mind is escaped from the idea of being harmed by a toxic object that one would dispose of in our Earth, present day. Pollution affects every living thing on our planet, including our plants and wildlife. The selection of the big question “what makes the world safer?” was based on the idea that over the past several years, pollution has not been severely decreasing, as hoped for, and there should be an eagerness to change that. Throughout the extensive research, the question evolved as a result of my understanding that our government is not as focused on pollution laws and problems. The world would be safer if universal governments produced increasingly rigorous pollution regulations due to its several effects on Earth by investing in nonharmful sources, and if the government amended the Pollution Prevention laws which society must obey.
Worldwide governments should produce stricter pollution regulations as a result of the variety of effects it has on Earth. Legendary songwriter, Michael Jackson wrote, “The Earth Song”, a deep and meaningful song that brought attention to a serious topic for the world to consider, in 1982. In “The Earth Song,” Michael Jackson emphasizes the life-threatening effects pollution has on not only us but for our land and wildlife. While listening to “The Earth Song”, Jackson emphasized the repeating quote “What have we done to our Earth?” because, with the fate of harming our Earth in our own hands, we are the only source that is able to contribute to the downfall of pollution (Jackson). In addition, the following quote “What about everything, I didn’t do?”, suggests the idea that it takes every individual on Earth to help with the dramatic decrease of pollution, including every nation’s government (Jackson).
To limit pollution on Earth, the government should begin to invest in non-harmful sources that favor pollution. Amelia Womack is the official deputy of the Green Party, an organization that was created to help Earth remain a fresh and suitable home. On March 13, 2018, Womack tweeted about the possible alters the government should deeply consider in order to efficiently use their investments that will help decrease harm to our environment. In Womack’s tweet, she introduces air pollution, a form of contamination that is greatly caused by the use of cars and factories. To help with the decrease of air pollution, she stated, “We need to invest in railways, buses, cycling, and walking instead of more roads” (Womack). The following source suggests that the government could help reduce pollution by implementing the reduction of harmful travel that will continue to pollute our air. If more individuals ride the bus, provided by the government, to work, then the number of harmful substances in the air will be greatly decreased. Air pollution affects our wildlife, and individuals because of the thickening in the air that causes breathing problems in Earth’s life.
In order for society to obey pollution laws, the United States government should consider amending the Pollution Prevention laws and hold them to a much stricter standard. Regulations regarding the benefits of personal health in our environment are controlled by the Environmental Protection Agency in our country’s government. In the Environmental Protection Agency’s Pollution Prevention Act, the government tries to decrease pollution on our planet by making an effort to contribute money to decrease the use of resources that harm our environment, while trying to get society to undergo pollution only if it is necessary (“Pollution Law”). Some people may disagree, although, that the effort from the government in contributing billions of dollars to pollution prevention organizations is acceptable to influence the decrease. However, the laws passed by Congress in 1990 aren’t as harsh as they should be. The EPA states several pollution-related laws in the Pollution Prevention Act, including, “Disposal or other releases into the environment should be employed only as a last resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner” (“ Pollution Law”). The preceding quote, implementing that one could dispose of their waste if necessary still encourages society to be allowed to dispose of waste in our environment.
The EPA should improve its laws by stating that throwing trash into our environment will not be condoned regardless of the situation. The Environmental Protection Agency’s role in controlling the fate of laws regarding pollution in the country is important to encouraging society to decrease the amount of waste in our environment.
Earth is just one planet made up of billions of individuals. When one decides to dispose of waste on Earth, they don’t consider the great effects that their one contribution to pollution has on our wildlife and planet. Without pollution, animals would be safe in their habitat, and our land would be beautiful and absent of harmful effects on our air.
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Essay Example #2
Should industrial pollution be reduced?
According to the Cambridge dictionary, pollution is any damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste. So, the term industrial pollution is understood as the same concept except for the fact that the damage is caused by the factory's own waste. Currently, this is one of the most common ways by which the planet is being polluted. In fact, according to Sonia Madaan who runs a blog called Earth Eclipse, it is likely that about half of the world's pollution is a consequence of industrial activities. Industrial pollution happens for many reasons. Firstly, companies absent good and efficient policies to regulate pollution. Also, many companies still use antique machinery which generates much more waste than new ones, this happens because industries want to evade paying higher costs and decrease their spending. Moreover, there is a lack of efficiency at the time of discarding. There are only some of the reasons why industrial pollution takes place. However, have you ever considered that industrial pollution goes beyond what they pollute while producing, but that their own products are the ones that most pollute after all? In this research I am going to investigate in what ways industrial pollution affects society, how can it be reduced, the requirements to accomplish reducing it, and if it's a convenient plan for society’s economy and environment.
There are many ways to achieve reducing industrial pollution yet in order to make those ways effective there are some consequences to face. For example, using recycled materials during working processes, recycling their own factory waste, exploring if the factory´s rubbish can be useful or even recycled by other companies, or recycling the leftovers from employees, are great actions to take. However, all these actions require a change in the company's system which sometimes may also require economic support. Suppose a company decides to recycle its own waste, it will need machinery to make those processes, machinery which costs money. Moreover, nowadays there are many specialists or even businesses who are hired by companies to help them to plan a recycling or sustainable system for the industry in order to organize what should be done with their waste or how to reduce the amount of it produced. These businesses are called professional waste management businesses and are one of the most efficient ways to lower the company's pollution. Anyhow, those specialists must be paid and they are definitely not cheap. What’s more, if a company decides to go further with a recycling plan or change in their system, they would have to raise product prices since the cost of production will increase. Many companies are not willing to increase their product prices because they don't want to reduce their sales. This reality also leaves us thinking about the fact that reducing industrial pollution is not a convenient plan for low-income families. So, reducing it not only is going to affect the company's economy but the citizens' economy as well. According to “Actuar Todos Por la Dignidad” which is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to fight poverty, over 2,800 million people, which is almost 50% of the world's population, live and survive with less than $ 2 dollars per day. Then, this percentage shows the number of people who would be severely affected by the process of reducing industrial pollution.
On the other hand, even though reducing pollution can be expensive, our environment needs something to be done. Currently, it is a known issue of how gases or wastes industries release while producing are very harmful to the planet. It affects land, water, and air. Factories usually emit harmful gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, ozone, nitrogen oxides, and chlorofluorocarbons. These gases pollute air since they accumulate in the atmosphere and are responsible for changes in weather. Global warming is another very dangerous outcome produced by this type of pollution. It is an extremely negative sense that is responsible for the loss of polar species and glaciers, natural disasters, and the increase in water levels. Plus, a high concentration of “greenhouse gases” (the pollutant gases emitted by factories mentioned before) can cause diseases such as cholera or malaria and even death to living beings in the area. They also end up in the food or drinks we consume and the air we breathe since they are in our whole environment. Another very dangerous consequence of the emission of these gases is acid rain. When industrial buildings emit harmful gases and those contact with the water in the atmosphere, they mix up with it and form very harmful substances that precipitate. This precipitation is called acid rain, and it can happen as snow or water. The acidification brought by the rain damage living beings, soil, and structures. Additionally, pollution brought by factories pollutes water as well. This is because many factories dispose of their wastes into the water. This causes water to be polluted by chemicals or other materials which could be metals or radioactive. All these materials damage water life. Also, take into account the fact many companies manufacture products that are pollutants themselves. These products can be plastic bottles, plastic bags, snack wrappings, etc. If these are not reused or recycled and instead are tossed into the ground or oceans, in the long term they are the ones who pollute the most our planet. In fact, nowadays there are huge quantities of plastic materials accumulated in the ocean injuring marine life. Yet, land can be polluted by factories too. Think about all the employees factories have, employees who have lunch inside the industry every day. Therefore, the company discards leftovers constantly and when they are thrown on land, they emit methane gas while decomposing.
As regards the cultural approach, industrial pollution is a very present conflict in people’s current life. This is because it can affect the quality of life and health of many individuals. For example, as mentioned before gases emitted by factories can harm people's health or end up in their food and breathing system. Humans are constantly exposed to those dangerous gases and when they inhale them they inhale all the dangerous particles those gases contain. Those particles cannot be released due to their size or shape, meaning they stay inside the human body, and in the long term accumulating them can cause many diseases. For example, many of those particles are carcinogenic so they can cause cancer. Imagine how affected a person's health can be if they live near those polluting buildings or even work in them. In addition, water pollution caused by industrial wastes can harm a person as well. When greenhouse gases are released, water is polluted by chemicals that later enter our bodies when we drink water or any other drink. However, humans are the only ones responsible for reducing this problem. With perseverance and order, society can find many ways to achieve this goal. For example, the consumption of plastic objects can be decreased if they are used more than once or recycled and therefore production will decrease as well. In fact, the plastics industry is still present due to human consumption. No consumption means no production and therefore no pollution. Moreover, one of the reasons why industrial pollution exists is because factory owners prefer to expose their workers to bad working conditions and old machinery rather than changing their system to a more sustainable one. This is only because they want to earn as much profit as possible but they also want to put cheap prices on their products. Amancio Ortega, one of the co-founders of Zara is on the list of the top 10 richest people in the world. It isn't a surprise that Zara demanded polluting and appalling working conditions in their factories. The lack of sustainability in their factories is what makes them earn such profit for their production, their cost of production is very low since they do not get new machinery and they pay very low to their workers. These facts allow the brand to sell its products at very low prices and earn a lot of profit anyway. So, Amancio Ortega is one of the richest people in the world partly because of its lack of sustainability.
In conclusion, after all the research I have done and the new information I’ve got to know, I believe industrial pollution should be reduced but an equilibrium must be imposed in order to consider low-income families and their tight budgets. I used to believe industrial pollution should be reduced by 100 percent, but I was only considering the environmental view. Once I got to investigate about how industrial pollution affects the economy and people's life, I now know it is much more complicated than I thought. This is why, now that I got more informed and able to think outside the box, I believe that the environment is not the only variable at stake with this problem. Industrial pollution should be reduced, but if it means prices will raise, maybe it should be done little by little in order to avoid a sudden raise and affecting the capacity of people to purchase things. What's more, industries are not the only ones who could make a change to reduce industrial pollution. If society starts to reuse plastic materials, for example, there would be less demand for them and fewer plastic objects would be manufactured in a day. For example, according to Greenpeace Organization, 500.000.000 plastic bottles are produced in a year, and a great percentage of this ends up in the ocean or ground. If they were used, much fewer bottles would be produced in a year, and if they were recycled none of them should end up in the ocean or ground.
Furthermore, once those plastic materials were reused several times, they can be recycled instead of tossed into the ground or water. If citizens adopted this new way of use, much fewer plastic objects would be manufactured, and therefore they would be polluting the planet. What's more, if this plan is carried out much fewer people would get sick. This will beneficiate not only families but the economy. If fewer people get sick, fewer people go to the hospital which will lead to a decrease in public expenses. The money saved could be used to invest in new machinery for companies or to plan how to clean the oceans from such amount of plastic materials. I strongly believe society must change its way of using plastic materials and factories should implement new sustainable policies without raising their prices. However, it must be pointed out that my research was done with limited information and more facts can be studied.
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