Question

Write one negative effect, on the environment, of the affluent lifestyle of few persons of a society.

Answer 1

The pollution is a very major issue of our environment; there are many types of pollution that causes harm to the environment like; water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution. All these environmental issues are caused due to the affluent lifestyle of few people of the society.

Complete Answer:
- The negative effect on the environment of affluent lifestyles of few persons of a society is the oversupply of resources and assimilation of waste. But we should know how these two factors affect the environment.
- Assimilation is the ability of pollutants to be absorbed by the environment and does not show detrimental effects to the environment. The waste products are the unwanted and unusable products that are found in our home and industries that are discarded in the garbage.
- Among these wastes, some waste is non-biodegradable products that get absorbed by the environment and cause very adverse effects. The inefficient waste management by the municipal cooperation create negative impact in environment like water pollution, air pollution, and soil pollution, it also involves obstruction of drains and damage to biodiversity.
- Now, natural resources are very important for human life and overuse of resources may result in many effects on the environment. The non-renewable natural resources like coals, minerals, etc if used without any limit there will be a day when we left with no resources and then the lifestyle gets very difficult to manage.
- These resources are used by us to produce electricity, fuels, etc. and the over use of these can harm the upcoming generation. The nutrient pollution that is the phosphate and nitrates are the major pollutants of freshwater. These pollutants are formed from the fertilizers and the farm wastes. The industrial and municipality waste discharge is another major cause of water pollution as this discharge comprises toxins and many different pollutants.

Note: Use of hydrocarbons can cause air pollution like these gases get mixed with the environment and form toxic gases that affect the environment and the organisms found in the environment. Even this also harms the water by getting mixed with the water bodies.