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Improper disposal of waste can cause :

a) air pollution
b) water pollution
c) sickness and diseases
d) acid rain
e) flash floods










a) Air pollution
1. Air pollution is caused by :
i) open burning
ii) forest fires
iii) the release o f smoke from factories and motor
vehicles.









2. open burning of rubbish gives off a lot of
smoke









3. Smoke from the open burning of rubbish
and forest can cause haze.


















4. Haze can cause eye irritations and breathing
difficulties.








4. Haze can cause eye irritations and breathing
difficulties.








4. Haze can cause eye irritations and breathing
difficulties.








4. Haze can cause eye irritations and breathing
difficulties.








5. Smoke and gases released from motor vehicles
and factories can be harmful to our health.








5. Smoke and gases released from motor vehicles
and factories can be harmful to our health.









6. we can fall sick if we breathe in polluted air.
7. The polluted air can cause damage to our
lungs and irritate the eyes.









b) Water pollution
1. The rivers and seas have been used as dumping
grounds for all kind of waste materials
2. We throw rubbish into the drains that lead to the
rivers.






































3. Factories dispose of their waste materials into rivers.
4. These waste materials contain toxic and poisonous
substances.






















































































5. The rivers and seas can be become polluted.
6. The poisonous waste materials can kill fish.



















7. Since we also depend on our rivers and seas for food,
our health can be affected if we eat fish from polluted
waters.
8. Sometimes oil from ships spills into the seas and
oceans.
9. The oil not only polluted the seas and the oceans but
polluted the beaches too.
10. This can destroy the habitat of water organisms.




























c) Sickness and diseases
1. The rubbish that we throw away can be harmful to
the environment.
2. Improper disposal of rubbish makes our
environment dirty and unpleasant
3. Some rubbish will not decay when buried.
4. Some rubbish will give off poisonous gases when it
decay.
5. Rubbish dumps are places where rats and flies
breed.



















6. These animals can carry germs from the rubbish and
spread sickness and diseases to us.
6. For examples, bacteria carried by flies can cause typhoid.
7. The flies carry bacteria from infected faeces to food
8. The syptoms of typhoid are headache, loses of appetite
and constipation.
9. Rubbish such as plastic bottles, cans, flower pots and old
tyres can collect water.
10. The Aedes aegypti mosquito breeds in the water collected
in these containers found among the rubbish.
11. The mosquito carries the virus that causes dengue fever.









d) Acids Rain
1. Factories and motor vehicles release smoke and
gases that can cause acid rain.
2. Acid rain can kill plants.
3. It can pollute the rivers and kill fish.
4. Acid rain can make iron rust easily.











5. This can destroys buildings and bridges.











e) Flash floods
1. The improper disposal of waste materials into the
drains and river can block the rivers.
2. The water cannot flow down the rivers.
3. It causes the water to overflows into the land
causing flash floods.
4. This can cause flash floods during heavy rains.
5. Flash floods can destroys homes and property.










1. All rubbish in our local area must be put in proper
rubbish bags which are then tied.
2. These rubbish bags will be transported in garbage
trucks to waste disposal centres.
3. These waste can either be buried or burned at the
waste disposal centres.
4. In a sanitary landfill, water waste will be buried.
5. In an incinerator, waste will be burned.












An Incinerator plant

Landfill site

1. Draining away all water from the rubbish
2. Putting rubbish in proper plastic rubbish bags and
tying the bags
3. Putting rubbish in proper garbage bins.
4. Covering garbage bins with tight-fitting lids to
keep pests away.










Thank You





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