Environmental Pollution
SCI 256
Environmental Pollution
Urbanization and modernization led to overpopulation and over-industrialization in the metro areas. Overpopulation resulted to traffic jams, squatter areas and electricity and water shortage. This further resulted to jamming of cars that particularly contributes to air and water pollution that is root to various health concerns and problems. In line with this,

the problem of pollution is relative to the issue of population. It therefore follows that to address pollution population should first be controlled and mitigated together with various efforts and implementation of programs that would aid in the saving of the environment.
Addressing Pollution
Roughly $300,000 funding is needed to launch programs in addressing pollution.
The strategy is to back-up the present stature. Legislature provides a legal amount of pollutants to be present in the air and water but there are disadvantageous effects wherein the companies are charged of a fee (The Economics of Pollution Controls at the Local and
Global Levels, 2006). There are existing regulations that suggest the employment of instruments to control pollution and pollutants. However, a much stricter and regulated statures have to be implemented to watch over the emitters, the treatment of each emitter, the levels of the emitters and the likes.
Fines that are paid by violators of the program can go directly on the program’s budget to be used to finance the same as well as on the enforcement process. The extent of the offense shall dictate the amount of the fine. Fines can be reduced if in the course of the offense, the offender can show proof that he or she is finding efforts to reduce emission.
Random Emission Testing
This program is estimated to cost $600,000. The elements that greatly contribute to air pollution are carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, particles, volatile organic compounds, and sulfur dioxide. (Free vehicle emissions testing) The program will start in the road deployment of two teams of enforcer handy with a 4-gas analyzer—an instrument that will indicate the level of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, the level of tune-up needed for the vehicle and the suggested emission levels for the vehicles. Random

emission test aims to encourage citizens to maintain their vehicles’ performance and emission. And this effort should be communicate din a way that citizens will see how the government is serious to the enforcement of the program. The owners of vehicles which would not pass the test will be subjected to fines. This is done so that the citizens will know how serious the authorities are in implementing the program.
Other Means of Transportation
A program that promotes the use of other means of transportation that are walking, bicycling, carpooling is estimated at $400,000. Billboards will be erected on the most feasible part of the cities like the government agencies’ buildings, unoccupied spaces on a busy road, highways or parking lots. Advertising the program aims to improve the awareness of the citizen that these alternatives can cut back on their expenses and enhance one’s healthy lifestyle. Improving the awareness of the citizens is a vital key point in the program. The citizens should be encouraged to go on the other means of transportation for their self-enhancement and for the saving of the planet. This is because these other means of transportation is expected to reduce the level of emission of fatal elements in the air that greatly increase air pollution.
Going Green
This program that promotes green spaces and urban forestry is estimated at
$200,000. This program discourages citizens to cut down trees for industrialization purposes only. Instead, investors are encouraged to erect their buildings outside the forestry to protect the biodiversity therein without killing industrialization in the area. The city will also be stricter in their efforts to recycle, replenish and fertilize the forest. The citizens will also be encouraged to do the same. Areas will be designated as composting

areas. Citizens will be encouraged to collect their table scraps—a natural and organic fertilizer that can be helpful in the preservation of the forests.
This grandiose program is estimated at $1.5 million. The law provides a million dollar budget for the environment. The remaining balance will be appropriated by the fines that will be collected. The bulk of the cost of erecting the billboards are just one time, since billboards are only replaced once it weathered. Promoting organic fertilizer is also expected to cut down the cost of commercial fertilizer.
This decision making about certain environmental concerns is expected to create effective government measure and support from the public. Certainly, public support in the launching of the program is a big factor in the success of these efforts. The statures to be implemented should also jive with the level of toleration of the public—not too tight a law, but not too lax a stature. Strengthening the existing laws, improving the awareness of the public, promoting efforts to reduce pollution and encouraging use of other means of transportation are expected to lesser air pollution while encouraging citizens to engage in recycling and composting is expected to preserve the forest. These pollution control programs if implemented and exercise in the long run can better the planet by reducing the air pollution.

References
Free vehicle emissions testing. (n.d.). Queensland Government. Retrieved from http://www.tmr.gld.gov.au/Community-and-environment/Environmentalmanagement/How-you-can-make-a-difference/Free-vehicle-emissions-testing.aspx
The Economics of Pollution Controls at the Local and Global Levels. (2006, January 4).
University of Michigan. Retrieved from http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/polution_co ntrol/polution_control.html