Personal Essay: Different Types Of Air Pollution

POLLUTION

It is all around known that the Earth is getting dirtier, hotter, more populated and artificial. With one word, we call it pollution. And the main cause? It is us.

We pollute the nature on many different areas, therefore there are many different kinds of pollution. We are all familiar with air pollution, soil pollution and water pollution. But many of us including myself are not aware or haven’t been aware of pollution types like noise pollution, light pollution, visual pollution, personal pollution and I believe we could find even more kinds.

The most familiar type of air pollution is the smoke we can see crawling above factories and cities. We are also aware that the air traffic and traffic in general is a huge factor of the air pollution. However, the main problem is invisible, in fact we can only see the consequences. I am talking about global warming. It is a huge problem nowadays. It is caused by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and many more. This kind of gases are, and have always been in the nature, but they haven’t present a problem because they were decreased with a help of rain forests and there weren’t so many of them. Nowadays the industry is increasing, especially in developing countries and we are cutting down the rain forests. Because of

Recycling paper, batteries, mobile phones and ink cartridges, reusing, using public transport, bike or transport on foot, showering instead of bathing, using paper bags, economise with water, not littering; all of these can help to make our environment less polluted. And another important thing is to also shop wisely. We should buy recycled products, less harmful detergents, organic food and rechargeable batteries. Overall living nowadays lifestyle, we all pollute our environment, we just have to make sure that our contribution to pollution is as small as it can