Question

Which of the following are environment-friendly practices?
A. Carrying cloth bags to put purchases in while shopping.
B. Switching off unnecessary lights and fans.
C. Walking to school instead of getting your mother to drop you on her scooter.
D. All of the above.

Answer 1

Hint: There are multiple causes of the deteriorating environment and atmospheric quality. Fossil fuels, for example, take over millions of years to be formed while being exhaustible resources of energy they are non-recyclable and a major source of air pollution. Another example is single-use plastics, which are a major cause of water pollution.

Complete answer:
a) Plastic pollution: The retention of plastic objects and particles in the environment which negatively affect the ecosystem and disrupts its natural functioning is called plastic pollution. Plastic pollutants are categorised as micro, meso, or macro debris.
b) Conservation of energy: A major proportion of electronic devices run on exhaustible fossil fuels. Energy conservation is a step taken towards the reduction of the consumption of energy by using less energy-consuming services.
c) Conservation of fossil fuels: Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum are non-renewable resources of energy, therefore the only way of conserving fuel is avoiding wastage of it. Concepts such as car-pool, using public transport are some of the steps that can be followed to conserve fossil fuels.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Additional information: According to the waste management, only one per cent of plastic bags are returned for recycling that means the average family only recycles cycles 15 days a year the rest end up in landfills or as litter.

Note: Being environment-friendly, cloth bags are made up of renewable natural fibres. These are thicker than plastic bags and hence more durable than paper bags and do not pollute the environment. It can easily be decomposed.