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GREEN LIFESTYLE

By Abubakar Ali Gumel Every  business can be a green business regardless of its stature or whether you run a large company or you own a small outlet such as a shop you have a significant role to play in ensuring that  our environment is kept safe. Everyone has to be responsible for what he does to our environment to  ensure  we are achieving the primary sustainable  goals. Part of achieving the  sustainable development goals involves achieving a sound healthy environment  and this can be achieved by keeping the earth green. Naturally it is assumed that the environment is green in nature because most of the plant species come in green. we all love to see a large green landscape over a large expanse of field. Every passing day we are losing these lovely green landscapes to agriculture, industries , housing etc which are all human activities.These human actions are causing changes to the earth systems which in return are having effects on lives and p...

PLASTIC POLLUTION AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

 By Abubakar Aliyu G. Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife habitats and humans. These plastic are categorised into micro, meso, and macro plastics we shall discuss on micro-plastics in the future. Plastic pollution can affect waterways and oceans as well as marine animals .  Due to their durability and inexpensive nature, plastics are used mostly and widely as containers of  different forms of products, but these benefit comes at the expense of the environment either terrestrial or aquatic environment. Where ever these plastics are disposed into, they are very difficult to biodegrade  and in the long run cause harm to the environment.    How does these plastic affect the environement?  Environmentally, plastic is a  growing disaster.The manufacturing of plastics as well as its destruction by incineration pollutes our land and water and exposes workers to toxic che...