An increase in consumer goods has damaged our natural environment. Why is this the case? What are the solutions?

With a sheer volume of the world population, the demand for

consumer

products has reached to the vertex. The factories and industries which are manufacturing these goods are often attributed to deteriorating the natural environment. The causes are many and there are some efficient solutions that can prevent

this

damage to a great extent and

this

essay deal with these issues and solutions.

To begin

with, it is quite natural that the huge population has increased the demand for various

consumer

products and to meet the demands, new factories and industries are being established each day. To provide the spaces required for

this

overwhelming number of factories, trees and forests are being cut. Sometimes agricultural fields are being used to build

such

factories.

This

has a direct impact on the environment.

Furthermore

, almost every factory is contributing to the global warming and polluting the air. Factories often consume natural resources and emit chemical wastages to water.

This

is polluting the water and threatening the very existence of the natural ecosystem. Again, the increasing demands for

consumer

products is a reason humans exploit the natural resources. Plastics and similar materials used for packaging are the reason the degradation of the land. The

consumer

products like cars, electronic devices and luxury items directly contribute to the temperature increase and green house effect. The solutions to

this

problem have to be very efficient and long term. One

such

solution could be educating people to be frugal while purchasing goods. Governments should strictly control the location of factories and the amount of wastages those factories emit. On top of that, eco-friendly alternative fuels should be introduced and using solar power for offices and industries should be compulsory. Some other solutions like waste recycling, imposing heavy taxes on luxury items, use of disposable packaging materials and mass tree plantation projects should be in place.

Finally

, factories and

consumer

products selling organisations should be forced to participate in tree plantation. In conclusion, the overuse of natural resources and the human luxury affect the natural environment very adversely. Effective solutions to prevent the damages caused by,

this

should be immediately implemented to save the earth we live in.