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Kaye O’Brien
ECE 8814 8814
Kaye O’Brien
ECE 8814

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Pollution and Some Solutions…………………Slide 1
Table of Contents……………..……………………..Slide 2
Kinds of Pollution……………………………………….Slide 3
What does Pollution Look Like?………………Slides 4-8
Air Pollution…………………………………………………Slide 9-12
Water Pollution……………………………………………Slide 13-15
Solid Waste………..……………………………………….Slide 16-18
Video………………………………………………………………Slide 19
Hyperlink to a website-………………………………Slide 20
 How does pollution affect us
Song- “Bad Pollution”………………………………… Slide 21
Health Risks………………………………………………….Slide 22
Charts…………………………………………………………….Slides 23-26
 Pie graph…………………………………………………Slide 23
 Bar graphs……………………………………………..Slides 24-26
Photographs of Local Pollution………………….Slide27
Solutions to Pollution………………………………….Slides 28-35
 Water ……….…………………………………….Slide 30
 Air ……….……………………………………………Slide 32
 Solid Waste………………………………..…..Slides 34 & 35
Conclusion………………………………………………………SSlliiddee 3366

3. What kinds of pollution are there?
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Water
Pollution
Solid
Waste Air

4. 4
Pollution
What does it look like?

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Industry-
Water pollution
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Chimney-
Steam and smoke-
Air pollution

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Solid Waste
Pollution
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8. OOiill SSppiillll——WWaatteerr PPoolllluuttiioonn
The Argo Merchant
A boat ran aground near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
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9. What
happened
to the
clean air?
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10. 10
Stop
ppoolllluuttiinngg
tthhee aaiirr!!
LLeeaavvee uuss
aalloonnee!!

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How Why
A cloud of smoke
from the exhaust of
a vehicle
Increasing traffic
Smoke from a
factory chimney
Growing cities
Eruption of a
volcano
Rapid economic
development
Cigarette smoke Industrialization
Burning leaves Apathetic people

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Effects of Air Pollution
• Health problems
• Damage to the environment
• Damage to property
• Thinning of the protective
ozone layer of the atmosphere
which is leading to climate changes

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Ouch!WWhhaatt
hhaappppeenneedd ttoo
mmyy hhoommee??!!
WWaatteerr PPoolllluuttiioonn

14. WWaatteerr PPoolllluuttiioonn
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How
• Toxic substances
dissolve in water or
gets deposited on the
bed.
• Toxic substances enter
lakes, rivers, streams,
etc.
• Pollutants go down
into the ground.
Sources
• City sewage
• Industrial waste
• Agricultural run-off

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Effects of Water Pollution
• Devastating to people
and animals, fish, and
birds.
• Unsuitable for
drinking, recreation,
agriculture, and
industry.
• Destroys water life.

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WWhhaatt hhaappppeenneedd
ttoo mmyy hhoommee??

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CClleeaann uupp tthhiiss hheerree mmeessss!!

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Solid Waste
Types of waste
• Household waste
• Industrial waste
• Biomedical or hospital
waste
Why
• Population increases
• Increased plastics
products
• Changes in lifestyle
• Landfills not well
equipped to protect
against contamination

19. CClliicckk ppiiccttuurree ttoo wwaattcchh aa vviiddeeoo..
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20. RReeaadd aabboouutt hhooww ppoolllluuttiioonn aaffffeeccttss uuss!!
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Let’s hear it for:
“Bad
Pollution”

22. futur Our health and futuree aarree aatt rriisskk!!
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16%
36%
27%
21%
Good Quality
Moderate Quality
Serious Problems
Insufficent Data
The Environmental Protection Agency found that 4400%% ooff tthhee nnaattiioonn’’ss
aasssseesssseedd wwaatteerrwwaayyss rreemmaaiinn ttoooo ppoolllluutteedd ffoorr ffiisshhiinngg aanndd sswwiimmmmiinngg..
OOvveerr 229900,,000000 mmiilleess ooff 884400,,000000 mmiilleess ooff aasssseesssseedd rriivveerrss aanndd ssttrreeaammss
ddoo nnoott mmeeeett wwaatteerr qquuaalliittyy ssttaannddaarrddss.. NNeeaarrllyy hhaallff ooff aallll llaakkeess,,
rreesseerrvvooiirrss,, aanndd ppoonnddss aasssseesssseedd hhaallff ooff tthheemm aarree ppoolllluutteedd..

24. DDaattaa ccoolllleecctteedd ffrroomm JJuullyy 11,, 22000044 ttoo JJuunnee 3300,, 22000055
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202
1,127
13,739
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Each
Bomber
Batteries
Exide
Batteries
Tires
Solid Waste
Bomber Batteries
Exide Batteries
Tires
If your habits are lliikkee ootthheerr AAmmeerriiccaannss,,
yyoouu ggeenneerraattee aabboouutt 44 ppoouunnddss ooff ssoolliidd ttrraasshh ppeerr ddaayy.. AAmmeerriiccaannss
aarree ggeenneerraattiinngg wwaassttee pprroodduuccttss ffaasstteerr tthhaann nnaattuurree ccaann bbrreeaakk tthheemm
ddoowwnn aanndd uussiinngg uupp rreessoouurrcceess ffaasstteerr tthhaann tthheeyy ccaann bbee rreeppllaacceedd..

25. Data collected from JJuullyy 11,, 22000044 ttoo JJuunnee 3300,, 22000055
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88,734
18 18 11 47 1,961
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Tons
Inert
Glass, Amber
Glass, Flint18
Glass, Green2
Metals
Glass, Mixed
Solid Waste
Inert
Glass, Amber
Glass, Flint18
Glass, Green2
Glass, Mixed
Metals

26. Data collected from JJuullyy 11,, 22000044 ttoo JJuunnee 3300,, 22000055
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265,526
191,930
60,963
117,870
7,770
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
Pounds
Newspaper
Magazines
Telephone books
Co-Mixed
Office paper
Solid Waste
Newspaper
Magazines
Telephone books
Co-Mixed
Office paper

27. Smog aarroouunndd KKeennnneessaaww MMoouunnttaaiinn
TTrraasshh dduummppeedd iinn ppaarrkkiinngg lloott iinn EEaasstt CCoobbbb VVaaccaanntt hhoouussee ttrraasshheedd iinn MMaarriieettttaa
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28. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
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29. RReemmeemmbbeerr wwhhaatt wwaatteerr ppoolllluuttiioonn
llooookkss lliikkee??
CClliicckk hheerree ttoo sseeee wwaatteerr ppoolllluuttiioonn
WWhhaatt aarree wwee ggooiinngg ttoo ddoo??
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30. WWaatteerr SSoolluuttiioonnss
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•KKeeeepp llaakkeess cclleeaann
•TTaakkee yyoouurr uusseedd mmoottoorr ooiill ttoo aa ddrroopp ooffff ppllaaccee
•UUssee llaatteexx ppaaiinntt iinnsstteeaadd ooff ooiill aanndd rriinnssee yyoouurr bbrruusshheess
iinn tthhee ssiinnkk rraatthheerr tthhaann tthhee yyaarrdd
•FFiillll aa sspprraayy bboottttllee wwiitthh ssooaappyy wwaatteerr iinnsstteeaadd ooff bbuugg sspprraayy
•PPllaanntt ttrreeeess ttoo pprreevveenntt ssooiill eerroossiioonn
•KKeeeepp lliitttteerr,, ppeett wwaassttee,, lleeaavveess,, aanndd ggrraassss cclliippppiinnggss oouutt
ooff gguutttteerrss aanndd ssttoorrmm ddrraaiinnss..

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What ddooeess aaiirr ppoolllluuttiioonn llooookk lliikkee??
WWhhaatt ccaann
wwee ddoo??
CClliicckk hheerree ttoo sseeee wwhhaatt aaiirr ppoolllluuttiioonn
llooookkss lliikkee..

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AAiirr PPoolllluuttiioonn
SSoolluuttiioonnss
• Encourage your family
to walk more
• Take the school bus
• Reduce the amount of
spray bottles
• Do not burn leaves in
your yard- put them in
a compost
• Keep your family cars
in tune
• Put catalytic
converters on cars
• Share your room with
others when the air
conditioner is on
• Take care of your trees

33. What does solid waste pollution look like?
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FFrraannkkllyy,, mmyy
ddeeaarr,, wwhhaatt ccaann
wwee ddoo aabboouutt
iitt??
CClliicckk hheerree ttoo sseeee wwhhaatt ssoolliidd
wwaassttee ppoolllluuttiioonn llooookkss lliikkee..

34. SSoolliidd WWaassttee
SSoolluuttiioonnss
• Carry your own bag with you when you go
shopping
• Say no to all plastic bags as often as possible
• Reduce the use of paper bags also
• Dig a compost pit in your garden and put all the
biodegradables in it
• When you go out do not throw paper and other
wrappings or even leftover food here and there-put
it in the garbage
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AND…

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RReedduuccee
RReeccyyccllee RReeuussee

36. To cherish what remains of the Earth and to
foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of
survival.
Wendell Berry
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