(Tips) Prevent Air And Water Pollution : Do's and Don'ts
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Prevent Air And Water Pollution : Do's and Don'ts
- Nature is a source of ultimate resources, preserve and utilize.
- Keep environment clean for future generation.
- When you harm nature you harm your own future.
- A healthy nature will lead to a radiant future.
- Lets preserve nature today. Lets Create a better tomorrow. :)
Let's Start from Home
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| Use mug instead of running tap while brushing teeth. | While taking bath, don't use shower run for long. |
| While watering plants, instead of running hose, use water cane. | Don't allow water overflow from the over head tank. |
| Use a toilet flush which consumes less water. | Don’t buy loud crackers during Deepawali |
| Carry cloth,jute or paper bag to the market. | For washing floor,Don't use running hose use mop and bucket. |
| Use dustbin for garbage disposal. | Don't junk things break rather think to fix them. |
| Plant a garden. Even in urban settings, you can grow herbs and flowers in pots. | Avoid unnecessary use of lights and fans. |
| Wear extra-layer of clothes at home instead of turning up the heater. | Don't louder the volume of your TV, radio and music system. |
| While shaving, use mug instead running hose. | Never leave food residue in your plate uneaten. |
| If you have a choice, pick paper bags over plastic bags at the grocer and elsewhere if you do take plastic bags, wash and reuse them. | Don't over packaged’ goods and foods. Containers and packaging make up about a quarter of the waste stream |
Prevention and Control of Vehicular Pollution
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| Do you really need to drive a car everywhere? Walk to work, or ride a bicycle | Don't use extensively your private vehicles,try to use public transportation whenever possible. |
| Carpool. Two - or four - can ride as cheaply as one. | Avoid congested road and rush hours. |
| Get a valid pollution under control certificate from authorized testing centre. | Don’t idle away energy. Beyond one minute, it is more fuel - efficient to restart your car |
| Clean up your act. Keep automobiles fuel filters clean and save the fuel. | Don't forget to Keep your vehicle tuned up. When a vehicle is running well, it uses nine per cent less fuel and thus emits fewer toxic and noxious fumes. |
| Clean the air filter and oil filter regularly. | Don't try to replicate mechanical works and experiment with your car. |
| Clean the carbon deposit from silencer. | Don't forget to replace your old battery with new battery when it required. |
| Maintain recommended tyre pressure . | Don't use clutch pedal as footrest. |
Prevention and Control of Water Pollution
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| Reuse of water whenever possible, Kitchen water can be used for watering the plants cbseportal.com | Don't keep on the tap running while having, bath, brushing teeth, or washing dishes it wastes about 2 liters of water every minute. |
| Plan your kitchen activity to avoid wastage of fuel and water. | Don’t hose down your lawn or corridor to clean it. Sweep it off. |
| Fix leaks promptly. A dripping joint can waste more than 76 liters of water a day. | Don’t wash the clothes and kitchen utensils in the water bodies |
| Take showers instead of baths. Showers use less water - if you limit them to five minutes. Install low-flow shower-heads. cbseportal.com | Don’t litter. When camping, keep the areas clean. cbseportal.com |
| Plastic materials can be a murder weapons for wildlife, minimise their use. Blown from land and roadsides, they often end up in the water, where they can entangle and kill birds and fishes. | Avoid throwing flowers, sweets, puja materials into a river. It will degrade the quality of water. The river wont be happy with this. |
| Use sprinkler for irrigation. cbseportal.com | Avoid throughing dead bodies in a river. This will ultimately landing in the mouth of dogs, vultures & other animals.Do you like it to happen with your bodies.cbseportal.com |
| Use scientific method of application fertilizers.cbseportal.com | Never dump anything into the water bodies. cbseportal.com |
| Run your dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer only when you have full loads. When possible, use an outdoor clothesline instead of a clothes dryer. | Avoid use of weedicides cbseportal.com |
Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution
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| Always maintain your motor vehicle and its exhaust silencer in proper condition | Avoid using horns except at emergencies. |
| Ensure that your Diesel Generator Set is provided with acoustic enclosure which gives a reduction of a minimum 25 dBA (as per the provisions of the Govt. of India notification GSR 371(E), dated May 17,2002. | Avoid use of multi toned/air horns in your vehicle. |
| Ask for copy of valid type approval certificate from the dealer while purchasing portable petrol/kerosene generator sets (as per Govt. of India notification viz. GSR 742(E), dated September 25, 2000, which prescribes noise standards for petrol/kerosene generator sets). cbseportal.com | Do not install Diesel Generator Sets without prior approval of the competent authority, if required by local lawscbseportal.com |
| Keep the volume of the loudspeaker or sound amplification system low so as not to annoy your neighbors . cbseportal.com | Avoid use of loudspeaker in the open.cbseportal.com |
| Ensure that the sound from your music system is played at volume which does not disturb your neighbor. | Do not use loudspeaker or any sound amplification system between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., except in closed premises. |
| Play fire-crackers only outdoors in large open areas and community level. | Do not make your neighbor a captive listener to your music system. |
| Purchase only those fire-crackers that comply the noise standards as provided by the Govt. of India regulation GSR 682(E),dated October 5, 1999. | Do not play fire-crackers between 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. |
Energy Conservation
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| Clean the condenser coils on the back or bottom of your refrigerator once a year. · Adjust your refrigerator to a less-cold setting. cbseportal.com | Don't keep on the lights if you will be out of the room for 15 minutes or more. |
| Make maximum use of natural light. | Don't use electricity during day time Think about it - do you really need to turn on a light during the day. |
| If you use a radiator heat, put a reflector sheet behind the radiator. It keeps the heat from being absorbed by the wall. | Don't prefer incandescent light and replace energy efficient , compact fluorescent light tubes even if it cost more. |
