Land Pollution: The Major Causes Of Land Pollution

Introduction

Pollution is the addition of something which has a detrimental effect on it, something that can be harmful to the environment. The components of pollution can either be foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. There are many major forms of pollution; our focus is on land pollution-the deterioration (destruction) of the Earth’s land surfaces often directly or indirectly as a result of human activities and their misuse of land resources.

The type of land pollution that will focus on is caused mainly by solid waste, these includes all the various kinds of rubbish we make at home, school, hospitals, market and work places. Paper, plastic containers, bottles, cans, food and even used cars and broken electronic

Due to overpopulation the sewage system is really failing to be effective and as a result one finds sewage pipes bursting and flooding the streets (Fig. 2), with the waste and then it escalates to water pollution and then it triggers more environmental problems such as contamination of water which results in killing of aquatic organisms. There are other environmental problems that land pollution contributes directly and indirectly, these environmental problems will be discussed.

Causes of solid waste pollution

Humans produce vast quantities of wastes, in factories, offices in our homes and schools and in such unlikely places as hospitals. Domestic waste, industrial activities, construction activities and sewage sludge are the main cause of land pollution in Orlando Township.

Domestic waste

Every single day, tons and tons of domestic waste are dumped ranging from huge pieces of rubbish such as unused refrigerator to fish bones. These wastes are not disposed of properly (Fig. 3), and the damage they do to the environment can be devastating. Instead of these waste that are collected from home, offices and industries to be recycled or burn in incinerators, large amount is neither burnt nor recycled but is left in certain areas marked as dumping grounds. figure 3: disposed waste (Orlando

The biggest problem comes when contaminated land is returned to use, either as a building or agricultural land. What makes land pollution such a problem is that land is static, so land pollution stays exactly where it is until and unless someone cleans it up. There are many effects associated with land pollution that harms the environment, some of the effects that land pollution leaves behind are obvious ones such as unsightly piles of garbage, landfills and loss of environment surrounding, many of the worst effects are actually less obvious to the eye.

Conclusion

We will always produce some waste but we can produce much less, reducing consumption and redesigning the products we produce are the best ways to cut waste production and promote sustainability. Reducing the wastes helps protect the biodiversity and can often save consumers and businesses money, recycling is also an important way to reduce resource use, waste production and pollution. To save our environment and stop the increase of land pollution we must be motivated to consider the inheritors of the Earth, this environment need and deserve tender care.