Do you observe any soil pollution in your neighbourhood? What efforts will you make for controlling the soil pollution?

The steps to control soil pollution are:

• Disposal of garbage to waste bins rather than dumping on neighbourhood or living environment.

• Development of such pesticides should be encouraged, which may save crops from pests and rodents but should not contaminate the soil with toxic chemicals.

• There should be sufficient duration between the harvesting of crops and time of the last spray of pesticides. This will help in reducing contamination of pesticides, directly to the crop.

• There must be an arrangement for educating farmers regarding the proper use of pesticides and fertilizers.

• Reuse and recycle the plastic and other wastes rather than polluting the environment.