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Air and Solid Environment

Air pollution comes from various sources that release pollutants into the atmosphere and disrupt its natural composition. Three major types of air pollutants are smog, acid precipitation, and indoor air pollution. Smog reduces air quality and harms human and environmental health. Acid precipitation damages ecosystems, buildings, and statues. Indoor air pollution at home or work can be more severe than outdoor pollution due to sources like mold and smoke. Air pollutants do not respect borders and can travel long distances. Land use patterns that increase vehicle dependency also increase transportation pollution. Solid waste includes garbage and byproducts from households, businesses, manufacturing, and medical facilities that are non-biodegradable or emit greenhouse gases in landfill

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Air and Solid Environment

Air pollution comes from various sources that release pollutants into the atmosphere and disrupt its natural composition. Three major types of air pollutants are smog, acid precipitation, and indoor air pollution. Smog reduces air quality and harms human and environmental health. Acid precipitation damages ecosystems, buildings, and statues. Indoor air pollution at home or work can be more severe than outdoor pollution due to sources like mold and smoke. Air pollutants do not respect borders and can travel long distances. Land use patterns that increase vehicle dependency also increase transportation pollution. Solid waste includes garbage and byproducts from households, businesses, manufacturing, and medical facilities that are non-biodegradable or emit greenhouse gases in landfill

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AIR & SOLID

ENVIRONMENT
AIR ENVIRONMENT
Air is a common term for the atmosphere: the layer
of nitrogen, oxygen and other trace gases that
surround our planet and make life on Earth possible.
The atmosphere is a complex natural system. Air
pollution from transportation, industries, and other
sources causes an imbalance in this system by
modifying its chemical composition. Living things
are affected by air pollution in a variety of negative
ways.
AIR POLLUTION
Air pollution is a broad term
applied to any chemical, physical,
or biological agent that modifies
the natural characteristics of the
atmosphere. It occurs when the air
contains gases, dust, fumes or odor
in harmful amounts. Substances
that cause air pollution are called
pollutants – things like carbon
monoxide from car exhausts or
sulfur dioxide from coal
combustion.
AIR POLLUTANTS
SMOG compromises the quality
of our air. It can be seen as
a yellow-brown haze along a
city skyline or as a
thick pollutant-rich fog
enveloping our daily activities
and natural landscapes. When
the pollutants and conditions for
producing smog come together
in the right way, the result can
be quite severe, leading to
many human health
and environmental concerns.
AIR POLLUTANTS
ACID PRECIPITATION (ACID
RAIN) continues to be a major
concern for our natural and
built environments. Its impacts
can be as subtle as lowered
vegetation growth and
productivity, to as dramatic as
significant losses in forest cover
and aquatic life. Many of our
limestone buildings and statues
are particularly vulnerable to
the effects of acid rain.
AIR POLLUTANTS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION. Air
pollution is not only an outdoor
problem. The air indoors, at
home and in your workplace
can also be polluted, and in
some cases be more polluted
than outside. Many types of
indoor air pollution exist, such
as mould, smoke, and carbon
monoxide.
AIR POLLUTANTS
TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT
OF AIR POLLUTANTS. Air
pollution does not respect
political boundaries, whether
provincial or national. Winds
can transport pollutants long
distances away from their
source, adding to the levels of
air pollution that are generated
locally, and greatly increasing
the intensity of our air quality
concerns.
AIR POLLUTANTS
LAND USE. The design of cities
and our roadways, and the
location of our places of work
and home and other aspects
of land use all influence how
much we need our motor
vehicles to get around. The
concern is that this
dependency secures or
increases transportation's role
as one of the major sources of
air pollution.
SOLID ENVIRONMENT
Solid Waste means solid,
semi-solid substances of
wastes generated from
human beings’ production,
consumption, daily life and
other activities or animals’
activities which are
commonly called
“garbage”.
SOLID ENVIRONMENT
It mainly includes solid particle,
trash, slag, mud, depleted product,
broken & damaged container,
defective products, animal
carcass, spoiled food and human
and animal feces etc. Some
countries also consider liquids in
high concentration such as acid
wastes, alkali wastes, oil wastes
and organic solvent wastes as
solid wastes.
Solid waste pollution is when the environment
is filled with nonbiodegradable and non-
compostable biodegradable wastes that are
capable of emitting greenhouse gases, toxic
fumes, and particulate matters as they
accumulate in open landfills.
Solid waste is a collective term used to distinguish non-
biodegradable materials and discards that come from
sources like:
• Households
• Businesses and Commercial establishments
• Manufacturers or Industrial sites
• Biomedical sources like hospital and clinics.
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