How does waste lead to pollution?

Question

How does waste lead to pollution?

Answer 1

the first answerer somehow gave you an example on how it leads to pollution. i think it is obvious on how it works. waste is dirty, waste are all the bad elements eliminated from something or whatsoever. we don't want of course the waste as i call it the "bad elements" be combined to us so we throw it away. waste then combines to the things and waste makes those things filthy and dirty. if a thing makes something dirty, then we could call it pollution.

hope you get me even though my english is somehow weak.

Answer 2

heavy metal -- that is, a metallic element that in pure form is heavy. Examples: lead, mercury, cadmium, tin, chromium, zinc and copper. Most heavy metals are extremely toxic because, as ions or in certain compounds, they may be taken into the body, where they tend to combine with and inhibit the functioning of particular enzymes. Minute amounts can have severe physiological or neurological effects.

Answer 3

Well I guess they already explained how does waste lead to pollution. I think a better question is how do we eliminate the pollution? Because once that waste has arrived to water it is quite difficult to remove all the polluting microoroganisms.

If it interest you I read an article of Bioremediation and how pollution is eliminated:

http://www.biotechtouch.blogspot.com/

Answer 4

Do you mean living in a way such that you waste things? Like using too much water, using disposable things when you could re-use, etc.?

Every time you buy something, use it (or don't) and throw it out, you are contributing to pollution. For example, think about using a concentrated laundry detergent. There is less water in the detergent, so less water wasted in production. Great. It also means smaller packaging, so less plastic being produced (less energy/resources used in production) and less plastic in the landfills. This also means fewer trucks/trains/ships needed to get the product to you. Less fuel used, less air pollution. Less fuel used also means less energy/resources finding that fuel, processing it, and getting it to the trucks/trains/ships.

This kind of production chain is true for everything you use, from the most complex to the simplest. Think about how much uneaten food you throw out every week, and all the water, fertilizers, pesticides, fuel, packaging, etc. went into getting that food to your home.

Making small changes to your habits can make a big difference!