1.1 Causes of Environmental Pollution
Let us take a look at the causes of environmental pollution:
1.1.1. Residences
Residential areas provide their fair share of pollution. To be able to build infrastructure, natural environment has to be demolished in one way or another. Wildlife and plants are driven away and replaced by infrastructure developments. As all this requires the work of industries, construction itself is also a main ingredient of contamination of the environment. Then, when individuals settle in, they produce waste every day, including a major part that cannot be processed by the environment without harm yet.
1.1.2. Industries
Industries have been polluting our environment especially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The industries all over the world that brought prosperity and material comfort, made inroads in the biosphere and disturbed the ecological balances. Notably, due to the increasing use of fossil fuels. In the 19th century and for a significant part of the 20th century, human force was replaced by coal which was being used to make machines work faster. Industries not only pollute the air but they also have a share in polluting soil and water. This can be particularly mentioned in the case for power-generating industries, such as plants producing electricity (e.g. dam, a nuclear reactor or some other type of plant). The blanket of smoke, the churning gases, industrial discharges and the fall-out of scientific experiments became