Land pollution

Municipal solid waste (MSW) on a beach. Today, we have brought you the causes and effects of it. Land pollution is common, and it is important for us all to know about its crippling effects.

Lets have a look at causes, effects and solutions of land pollution. The natural environment, including land , is affected or polluted by these impurities. Any type of destruction that is done to the surface of the earth is basically land pollution.

Haphazard disposal of urban and industrial wastes, exploitation of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural practices are a few of the contributing factors. Resulting from human activities, land pollution in an imbalance in nature that exposes the land to harmful chemicals and depletes the quality of soil, one of the Earth’s most important natural resources. This is known as land degradation.

Note that land degradation can result from many factors, and land pollution is only one of them. In the lesson, we shall see the more about Land and Environmental Pollution , the sources of the pollution , its consequences and a few things we can do to prevent further pollution and protect our environment. With luck and the right atmospheric conditions, air and water pollution disperse and disappear.

Serious Effects of Land Pollution. The pollution of land has calamitous consequences especially concerning the survival of animals and humans and the quality of soil and water.

Environmental protection agencies indicate that the effects can even be more devastating if wastes in landfills are not separated into reusable, recyclable, or organic. How can land pollution be harmful to plants and animals? As trash decomposes, it can release toxins into the air or into groundwater sources, compounding its effects. What can reduce land pollution? Natural causes such as volcanic eruption, hurricanes or tornadoes can pollute land but since they are the natural causes, we are so helpless about it.

But the destruction of land directly or indirectly by human are worse than the natural cause. An easy definition of land pollution , provided by Land Pollution Eschooltoday, is “the deterioration (destruction) of the Earth’s land surfaces, often directly or indirectly as a result of man’s activities and their misuse of land resources. It is the unnecessary materials that contaminate and damage our land. You have probably seen garbage on the streets that are not cleaned very often. This garbage is also the form of land pollution.

Causes of Land Pollution. With its direct impact on the environment and consequently on the health of humans, animals, and plants, soil pollution is a real problem that involves both political powers and citizens. It refers to the destruction or degradation of earth’s surface, directly or indirectly due to anthropogenic activities. In this article, we explore the major types of land pollution and some of the mitigation measures for land pollution.

Types of land pollution There are different types of land pollution. Many publications group them differently. Let us see these four main types: Solid Waste These include all the various kinds of rubbish we make at home, school, hospitals, market and workplaces.