Introduction to Mehmood Booti Waste Dumping Site Mehmood Booti waste dumping site is located in Lahore, near Ring Road. It is the oldest dumping site and responsible for the source of many environmental issues in itself. The waste dumped there crosses over 80 feet in height and gives rise to several other environmental concerns. The […]
Hudiara Drain Menace and Its Terrible Environmental Problems
All You Need To Know About Hudiara Drain: Before delving into the environmental concerns and issues caused by the Hudiara Drain, we need to know where exactly is it located and what makes it so harmful to the environment. Where is the Hudiara Drain located? – Its origin, geographic region and total length: The Hudiara […]
Ways and Methods to Solve Single-Use Plastic Pollution Problem
The Ever-Present Problem of Plastic Pollution: Not only in Pakistan but all around the globe, the dependence on plastic is reaching an all time high and we realized how great this dependence was when the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was discovered floating in the stretch of water that spans from the West Coast of North […]
Microplastic and Nanoplastic Pollution – Sources, Effects, Control
Introduction: What is Microplastic Pollution? Microplastic pollution is essentially plastic pollution but it is named differently because it is pollution caused by plastic fragments that are smaller than 0.2 inches or 5mm that break away from larger pieces of plastic. In many cases, they may even leach out from plastics disposed off in landfills and […]
Crucial Role of Oil in Ecosystem Balance: Exploring Oil Pollution and the Oil Industry’s Impact
Introduction Oil, an integral component of the Earth’s geology, plays a vital role in maintaining ecological balance. However, the exploitation of oil resources, alongside its associated pollution and the practices of the oil industry, has ignited concerns about the toll on our environment. This article delves into the essentiality of oil within the ecosystem, scrutinizes […]
Poisonous Pesticides: Harmful Impacts on Humans and Nature
Introduction: What are Pesticides? How many Types of Pesticides are there? Pesticides are the chemicals manufactured and used for the purpose of killing pests- any animal, plant or organism that harms the crops and human health and are unwanted. Pesticides are of 4 types: Fungicides, Insecticides, Herbicides and Rodenticides. There are some others as well […]
List of Environmental Hazards and Challenges In Pakistan
What Is Meant By Environmental Hazard? Environmental Hazards may be defined as all the various types of events or activities taking place that can potentially bring great harm to humans and the environment they are living in. This also includes the negative impacts on the many ecosystems, flora and fauna as well as other natural […]
What is Plastic Pollution? – Sources, Effects and Solutions
Introduction: What is meant by Plastic Pollution? Plastic pollution is exactly what its name tells us. It is the pollution caused by plastic of all kinds and from all sources that degrade the land and water sources. The most impacted by the plastic pollution problem is undoubtedly the oceans, seas and the aquatic ecosystem. Plastic […]
Non-Recyclable Multi-Layer Plastic MLP Uses and Alternatives
INTRODUCTION: Multi layered plastics are the plastics that contains at the minimum one layer of plastic as main ingredient along with the one or more layers of other materials like paper, aluminium, copper etc. It has several thin sheets or layers that laminated together and are difficult to separate. For detailed information on plastic pollution, […]
10 New Innovative Water Purification Ideas and Techniques
Drinking water is crucial for survival for life on Earth so it is obvious that there should be plenty of drinking water and that too clean drinking water if humanity wants to survive on this planet. But unfortunately humans have destroyed fresh water resources due to their selfishness and greedy activities, which has caused degradation […]