ENSC 211 Understanding our Environment

Asia-Pacific International University
General Education
Environmental Challenges to Malaysia
A paper presented in partial fulfillment of the course
ENSC 211 Understanding our Environment
By Dr. A. Tatenda Mushunje
Presented to Dr. A. Tatenda Mushunje
December 17, 2021
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Understanding our Environment Assessment
Dear Student,
I hope you have enjoyed learning something that directly affects our wellbeing as inhabitants of
this planet. In the last segment of this course we shall integrate what we have learned into a short
(up to 1000 words) term paper. It should answer the questions and provide the information given
below.
Title: Environmental Challenges to Malaysia
The two (2) most important environmental challenges to your country are:
1) Plastic pollution
2) Air pollution
Briefly explain what the two challenges are and what their cause is. (Up to 200 words)
The two challenges in my country are plastic pollution and air pollution. The causes of
plastic pollution are rising human population and dependence on plastic. With the ascent of the
human populace, it can likewise anticipate that the demand for plastic should increase and, like
this, the garbage they can oblige inside their lifetime. The normal deliver right around 35 kilos of
plastic containers and other comparable items as garbage. While this figure might be higher or
lower in different nations, it provides a thought of how to ward individuals are on plastic items.
It additionally mirrors our failure or reluctance to reuse or reuse these single-utilized plastic
items. Individuals in the move are also bound to discard the plastic in the city and pretty much all
over the place.
Moreover, the food industry which packs everything on plastic. Regarding 33% of the
plastic that dirties our territory and seas are from food coverings. This can be everything from
the gum covering to the pack of the most loved potato chips. Generally, take pressed food
varieties anyplace, even to the culmination of a mountain or on the seaside seashores. This kind
of plastic trash bin ends up even in the unlikeliest spots and not simply in exceptionally
urbanized regions. Bundling organizations have utilized plastic to wrap and save food since it is
a lot less expensive to deliver than other options like paper. Plastics likewise oppose water and
dampness, which ensures that the food inside will not get ruined.
On top of that, plastic bags and carriers. This is essentially what plastic packs are, which
individuals use in under a moment and afterwards don't need to utilize once more. Individuals
put some food in them, and when they hit home, it promptly winds up in the garbage bin. The
genuine evil of plastic packs, notwithstanding, is that they can without much of a stretch be
shipped by animals, usual causes and just by the breeze. They additionally tangle nearly into
anything from trees, streams, and, surprisingly on living animals. Pretty much every foundation
additionally uses plastic packs to allow clients to convey the item they recently bought. While