Topic > Importance of Earth Pollution - 1876

A quarter of the earth is made up of land or soil while the other third is mostly water. The territory is an important environmental asset which benefits not only humans but also animals and plants. Failure to preserve the environment will lead to various pollutions, including land pollution. Land pollution can be defined as the deposition of solid or liquid waste materials on the ground or underground in such a way as to contaminate soil and groundwater, threaten public health, and cause unpleasant conditions and nuisances. Soil pollution can lead not only to the destruction of the soil but also affect others in terms of other pollutions, such as water and air pollution, such as acid rain because they are generated by the land itself. The problem with soil pollution is that nowadays people have a conceptual lack regarding the importance, or in general we can say, of the environment itself for human life, animals and plants. They forgot about it or just didn't bother to worry about it. The environment has been protected by law for a long time. However, the implementation of the relevant rules and regulations is still far from complete. It is difficult to cover all aspects of environmental protection as it requires the respective cooperation of different individual and social influences in order to maintain environmental preservation. Cause and Effect Several factors that lead to soil pollution, and most of it will be from the dumping of toxic waste, whether industrial, agricultural or otherwise, which affects the land in many ways. Sewage waste from an industrial area will contain waste that includes food waste, paper, cups, plastic and even… half the paper… and a long way in between. On the other hand, it would simplify the disposal of high-level waste. When it comes to storage and disposal of used fuel and other radioactive waste, storage basins and multipurpose containers (MPCs) are used. About 90% of this is in storage basins and the rest in dry storage. Storage ponds at the reactors are 7-12 meters deep, to allow several meters of water above the used fuel, comprising fuel assemblies in racks typically about 4 meters long and positioned at one end. The circulating water protects and cools the fuel. These pools are sturdy constructions made of thick reinforced concrete with steel liners. The drums or MPCs can also be used for the transport and possible disposal of used fuel. For disposal, “multiple barrier” geological disposal is envisaged. This immobilizes radioactive elements in HLW and some ILW and isolates them from the biosphere.