Identify the promotive actions to protect environment from pollution.

A. By keeping vehicles in good condition.
B. Managing disposal of garbage sensibly.
C. Using non-biodegradable packaging.
D. Planting trees and ensuring their care.
E. Using more plastics.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, D only

Pro-environmental behaviour includes both actions that are meant to protect the environment from problems, and to promote a healthy environment. Some promotive actions to protect the environment from pollution are :

• Reducing air pollution by keeping vehicles in good condition, or changing to non-fuel driven vehicles, stopping the practice of smoking.

• Reducing noise pollution by ensuring that noise levels are low, for example, discouraging needless honking on the road, or making rules regarding noisy music at certain hours.

• Managing disposal of garbage sensibly, for example, by encouraging separation of biodegradable garbage from nonbiodegradable waste, or composting of kitchen waste. These practices need to be adopted both at home and in public places. Special attention has to be paid to the management of industrial and hospital waste.

• Planting trees and ensuring their care, keeping in mind that those plants and trees should not be planted that have adverse health effects.

• Saying ‘no’ to plastics in any form, thus reducing toxic wastes that pollute water, air and the soil.

• Reducing the non-biodegradable packaging of consumer goods.

• Laws related to construction (especially in urban areas) that violate optimal environmental design.

Actions that are harmful to the environment: These are actions that can contribute to pollution. They include:

• • Using non-biodegradable packaging: Non-biodegradable packaging, such as plastic, can take hundreds of years to break down, and it can pollute land and water.
  • Using more plastics: Plastics are a major source of pollution, and they can have a harmful impact on the environment and on human health.