1. POLLUTION
• Pollution is an undesirable change in the
physical, chemical, or biological characteristics
of our air, land, and water that may or will
harmfully affect human life or that of desirable
species, our industrial processes, living
condition, and cultural assets.
• Different types of pollution are- Air
pollution, water pollution ,land pollution ,noise
pollution etc.

2. WHAT IS LAND POLLUTION ?
• Land pollution may be understood as the
deterioration of the earth’s land surfaces,
often directly or indirectly as a result of
man’s activities.

3. According to CPCB, waste profile of some Indian metro
cities is as follows:
Cities Waste generated
(tonnes per day)
Delhi 5,922
Greater Mumbai 5,320
Chennai 3,036
Kolkata 2,653
Hyderabad 2,187
Bangalore 1,669
Ahmedabad 1,302

4. CAUSES OF LAND POLLUTION
DEGENERATIVE ACTIONS
• It include a lot of human
actions, like
deforestation, overuse of
pesticides and chemical
fertilizers, desertification,
mining, inefficient and / or
inadequate waste
treatment, landfill, litter, et
c.

5. MISUSE OF LAND
• Mainly refers to
cutting trees to clear
land for agriculture, as
well as processes like
desertification and
land conversion. This
process may lead to
soil erosion and
disasters like
landslides and floods.

6. LAND CONVERSION
• When a piece of land is converted from its indigenous
form to a form used for either agriculture or
infrastructure. This is done as a part of rapid economic
development and urbanisation.

7. SOME OTHER CAUSES ARE:-
• Other major factors
responsible for land
pollution include -
urbanization, improper
waste
disposal, industrial
activities, nuclear
research, chemicals
released by all sorts of
heavy industries, coal-
fired power
plants, metals
production
industries, etc.

8. EFFECTS OF LAND POLLUTION
EFFECTS ON CLIMATE
• Land pollutions results in loss of the forest cover of
Earth. This is in turn affect the amount of rain. Less rain
mean lesser vegetation. The effect of all different kinds
of pollution will eventually lead to problems like acid
rains, greenhouse effect, global warming.

9. EXTINCTION OF SPECIES
• Species are under endangerment and
extinction because of two processes:-
• Habitat Degradation-This results due
to human population and human
activity.
• Habitat Fragmentation-It is the
process where a large continuous area
of habitat is both reduced in area and
divided into two or more fragments.

10. BIO MAGNIFICATION
• Process in which certain non-biodegradable substances
go on accumulating in the food-chain. The most
common example is of methyl mercury in fish and
mercury in eagles. Not only does bio magnification put
the particular species at risk, it puts all the species above
and below it at risk, and ultimately affects the food
pyramid.

11. MEASURES FOR REDUCING LAND
POLLUTION
DISPOSAL OF WASTES
• The simplest method for disposal of waste is crude
tipping or open dumping. More satisfactory is
controlled tipping or the sanitary landfills. When
disposing of waste, the authorities should treat it with
various kinds of chemicals, so that it has a very low level
of toxicity.

12. RECYCLING AND REUSE
• People should buy and use products that have been
recycled. For instance, plastic bags should be given up;
instead, jute bags should be used. Reusing old items is
another good way to reduce the stress on various
resources. Clothes, paper, glass, everything should be
recycled and reused.

13. BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS
• People should buy
biodegradable products.
• Organic
farming, reducing the
use of pesticides, buying
organic fruits and
vegetables and other
products, will keep land
pollution in check.

14. GROW MORE TREES
• More trees should be
planted. Researches
show that trees can
actually fertilize the
soil. This means that
by growing trees, soil
will become fertile,
agriculture will get
boosted and land
pollution will greatly
reduce.

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