Вклад экономической деятельности на загрязнение окружающей среды

A. Nekhoda

А.Г. Нехода

БГЭУ (Минск)

Научный руководитель А.И. Савинова

CONTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Вклад экономической деятельности на загрязнение окружающей среды

The population is now facing many environmental problems such as wildlife

depletion, water pollution, global warming, human’s deceases, etc. Bringing down these problems is possible if we all contribute by going zero waste. The aim of this paper is to inform about the necessity of starting zero waste lifestyle.

Zero Waste is one of the fastest and easiest climate action strategies that communities can implement today to help our planet. The aim of zero waste is to

 send nothing to a landfill. It's about redefining the process of using products. Zero

 waste is not about what we cannot afford to buy. It is about what we choose not to

 buy.

A Zero Waste lifestyle starts with looking at your overall habits and trying to

 change those that generate waste. Here are some guidelines.

Plastic bags occupy the lion’s share of the planet’s waste. Annually about 4 billion packages, are formed in Belarus. In Minsk – 1 billion units. One plastic bag can decompose up to a thousand years and is extremely harmful to the environment. It can be replaced with fabric bags. We have to remember that bio-packages do not decompose. The reusable cup will serve for many years and, even if it is plastic, it will not be as damaging. Dishwashing sponge. Pan sponges usually have plastic in their composition. Consequently, try replace them with a vegetable sponge. Like any other plastic bag, the garbage tons inhabit our planet. We can try to use at least a smaller number of them – to complete the garbage as ergonomically as possible. Several thousand tons of plastic straws swim in the world ocean without a prospect to disappear in the near future, because to completely decompose it takes 2 hundred years. You can buy some metal or paper straws to cut the unnecessary plastic. Similarly, the problem of plastic pollution has solutions in the rule of “Six R” that are given below.

Reduce: You just need to understand what you really need and what you can do without. This applies to everything: Food, various goods, services, etc.

Reuse: Don't rush to throw away what you don't like anymore; it will probably

be needed by someone else. Clothes, shoes and toys can be donated to a charity fund or a children's home, book to the library.

Recycle: In domestic waste of Belarusians there are about 25% of secondary material resources from which it is possible to get raw materials for production of new things.