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.


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