Thursday, 9 October 2014
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Facts about recycling
Facts related to recycling are as follow :
- Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, and 4000 kilowatt hours of electricity. This is enough energy to power the average American home for 5 months.
- Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74 percent of the energyused to make them.
- Manufacturing recycled paper uses 60 percent of the energy needed to make paper from new materials.
- Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74 percent of the energyused to make them.
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100 watt light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, and a TV for 2 hours.
- Approximately 88 percent of the energy is saved when plastic is made from plastic rather than from the raw materials of gas and oil.
- Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees.If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year.
- Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.
- The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours or a compact fluorescent bulb for 20 hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials.
- On average, each one of us produces 4.4 pounds of solid waste each day. This adds up to almost a ton of trash per person, per year.
Friday, 26 September 2014
Tips For Controlling Pollution, Information Sheet :
1) Keep garbage, pest and animal wastes, and yard wastes out of roadside ditches, storm drains and waterways. Never dump debris of any type into a creek!
2) Never dispose of household wastes such as paint thinner, motor oil, or pesticides down household drains or stormwater drains. Storm drains often empty directly into the nearest waterbody.
3) Follow label instructions when using fertilizers and pesticides. Homeowners who overapply waste money, may damage plants or animals they value, can pollute air, water and soil and may encourage pesticide-resistance in pest species.
4) If you have a septic tank, have it pumped about every three years on average.
5) Avoid hosing down paved surfaces and washing your car in the driveway or street. Even "biodegradable" soaps may be toxic to fish and wildlife.
6) Avoid diverting or damming the creek. Water diversions and dams reduce water flow, often increase water temperature and affect vegetation and wildlife.
7) Pave only where necessary. It increases runoff during storms and peak flows, resulting in flooding and erosion. Encourage water to soak in and recharge soil moisture.
8) If you have livestock, exclude them from entering drainage ditches, creeks and streams or manage them carefully to avoid overgrazing or trampling problems.
9) If you have livestock, collect and compost or dispose of the waste from corraled animals to prevent runoff into surface or ground water supplies.
10) Also control pet access to creeks and riparian vegetation. Dog and cat feces add excessive nutrients and bacterial pollution to water, which decreases water quality, causes unpleasant odors, and can also cause human health problems. Cats and dogs can be aggressive wildlife predators.
11) Maintain a buffer of natural vegetation between pastures or paddocks and creeks or ponds.
12) Stabilize erosion-prone areas of your property and control erosion by planting ground covers or native vegetation. The use of native or adapted vegetation reduces the cost of yard maintenance, requiring less water and fewer chemical fertilizers.
13) Check your rain gutters and other pipes to see where they drain. Make sure they do not carry water directly into the creek.
14) Compost household organic wastes if you have the space on your property, or begin a community compost program. By producing "garden gold," you’ll save money and reduce the use of fertilizers that can leach into streams, ponds and ground water.
15) Learn about your local watershed and how it is interconnected with your immediate neighbors, the surrounding valleys, and ultimately the outside world.
16) Minimize tillage in agriculture and garden areas and leave crop and garden residue in place or till it under to add organic matter and soil tilth.
1) Keep garbage, pest and animal wastes, and yard wastes out of roadside ditches, storm drains and waterways. Never dump debris of any type into a creek!
2) Never dispose of household wastes such as paint thinner, motor oil, or pesticides down household drains or stormwater drains. Storm drains often empty directly into the nearest waterbody.
3) Follow label instructions when using fertilizers and pesticides. Homeowners who overapply waste money, may damage plants or animals they value, can pollute air, water and soil and may encourage pesticide-resistance in pest species.
4) If you have a septic tank, have it pumped about every three years on average.
5) Avoid hosing down paved surfaces and washing your car in the driveway or street. Even "biodegradable" soaps may be toxic to fish and wildlife.
6) Avoid diverting or damming the creek. Water diversions and dams reduce water flow, often increase water temperature and affect vegetation and wildlife.
7) Pave only where necessary. It increases runoff during storms and peak flows, resulting in flooding and erosion. Encourage water to soak in and recharge soil moisture.
8) If you have livestock, exclude them from entering drainage ditches, creeks and streams or manage them carefully to avoid overgrazing or trampling problems.
9) If you have livestock, collect and compost or dispose of the waste from corraled animals to prevent runoff into surface or ground water supplies.
10) Also control pet access to creeks and riparian vegetation. Dog and cat feces add excessive nutrients and bacterial pollution to water, which decreases water quality, causes unpleasant odors, and can also cause human health problems. Cats and dogs can be aggressive wildlife predators.
11) Maintain a buffer of natural vegetation between pastures or paddocks and creeks or ponds.
12) Stabilize erosion-prone areas of your property and control erosion by planting ground covers or native vegetation. The use of native or adapted vegetation reduces the cost of yard maintenance, requiring less water and fewer chemical fertilizers.
13) Check your rain gutters and other pipes to see where they drain. Make sure they do not carry water directly into the creek.
14) Compost household organic wastes if you have the space on your property, or begin a community compost program. By producing "garden gold," you’ll save money and reduce the use of fertilizers that can leach into streams, ponds and ground water.
15) Learn about your local watershed and how it is interconnected with your immediate neighbors, the surrounding valleys, and ultimately the outside world.
16) Minimize tillage in agriculture and garden areas and leave crop and garden residue in place or till it under to add organic matter and soil tilth.
Monday, 22 September 2014
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Thursday, 18 September 2014
POLLUTION IN PAKISTAN
We are always been taught about
pollution. We never think of pollution in Pakistan seriously. Pollution meaning
spoiling the purity of air, water and land and we the citizen are doing that. Today
it’s the most alarming global problem. It is a serious threat to marine, animal
and of course human lives. The various factors, which are responsible for
pollution in our country is of course our irresponsibility on the top. The
rapid increase in population, speedy industrialization and urbanization
resulting maximum destruction of natural resources. The cause of pollution are dust which we are
well aware of , smoke which we all experience every day, sewerage which we are
facing from ages, and garbage problem due to failure in the management of our
municipal body. Not only is this the use of plastic bags very common in our
country. These bags are one of the major contributors to pollution if not
disposed of properly. We have no proper disposal of waste in Pakistan so these
bags should be banned as soon as possible to reduce pollution. The use of
environment-friendly bags is an important step towards saving our environment. Recycle
bags are convenient and come in a variety of sizes. It is our duty as
responsible citizens of the country and the planet to reduce plastic bags and
reuse environment-friendly bags. It is the duty of every citizen to spread
awareness and educate people around us not to use this toxic material. If a
country like Bangladesh can impose a ban, why not Pakistan?
Let us save our country. Let us take a
step to save Pakistan from every possible hazard/problem/issues. We can save
our country from this pollution, we can save our country from pollution borne
diseases, and we can save lives of plants, animals or human. Let us practice
and educate how to take steps for a better, healthy, pollution free life.
Live and let live.
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