Consumerism and environmental pollution 1 These days, all the consumer products and goods we need are at our fingertips. However, uncontrolled* consumption of these by the global population is causing environmental pollution and depletion of precious resources. 2 Pollution occurs at different stages of production and manufacturing. We need raw materials and energy from nature to produce more and more goods and services. Unfortunately, the rigging, mining and extraction operations for these resources are done in a very polluting way. These activities cause ecological disturbance, destruction of natural flora and fauna, pollution of air, land and water, instability of soil and rock masses, landscape degradation and radiation hazards . 3 Apart from that, production of consumer goods in factories results in huge amounts of toxic gases and efflue...
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