The increase in the production of consumer goods results in damage to the natural environment. What are the causes of this ? What can be done to solve this problem?

The significant growth of consumer

products

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manufacturing has led to more detrimental effects on the natural environment. I believe that there are several root causes and solutions to address

this

issue will be proposed.

To begin

with, the consumerism culture of today’s society has caused more harm to wildlife habitats for two main reasons, including

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industrial emission from the production process and packaging

waste

from

the goods disposal

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the disposal of the goods

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. Wastes and pollutants discharged from the manufacturing process are unavoidable by-products. In fact, factory machines are generally powered by fossil fuels,

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this

reason,

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carbon dioxide

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carbon-dioxide

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carbon dioxide

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will be released which might severely pollute the surrounding air.

Furthermore

, product packaging assembled from plastic and paper needs a longer time to degrade naturally.

As a result

, it could end up contaminating the oceans, rivers,

lakes

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and lakes

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, and what is even more dangerous is the fact that it could seriously endanger the inhabitants when the

waste

is accidentally swallowed. Several actions should be prompted in order to mitigate the problem.

Firstly

, the government should take a bold move to impose a stricter law on sustainable manufacturing

process

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processes

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and

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waste management

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waste-management

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waste management

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. To do so, the government can regulate the use of renewable energies to replace fossil fuels as well as encourage the utilization of low-energy-consumption machines.

Secondly

, to reduce unnecessary

waste

from product packaging,

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consumer goods companies need to use an eco-friendly material which is considerably more compostable,

for example

, packaging made from plant-based resources

such

as corn and wheat straw. To sum up,

waste

caused by the production of consumer goods is unavoidable,

therefore

comprehensive actions from the government and companies are needed to alleviate the problems immediately in order to conserve and protect the natural environment.