The Effect of the Production of Paper to the Environment

In this recent day, the production of paper increase in our world in order to fulfil consumer needs. Paper are used more than before in schooling, office works and for the production of newspaper. It contributes highly in economy, but if we not control it properly, it can affect our environment.

As we all know, paper is made up from wood. When many trees are cutting down to produce paper, our earth’s temperature going to increase and it is lead to global warming. Global warming are very dangerous because it can affect our health like cause irritation to our skin or skin cancer. Besides that, when global warming happened, ice will melt at North and South Pole, so that the level of water will increase. That’s why we should control the production of paper, eventhough it will not effect our economy.

Furthermore, the production of paper without control will cause landslide. The landslide happened because the structure of the ground is not closely packed to support buildings when many trees are cutting down especially to produce newspaper. For instance, Bukit Antarabangsa was collapsed next year because of illegal deforestation and many people were died in the tragedy.

In addition to that, paper productions will cause river become shallower. It is because, when the trees are destroyed especially on top of the hill, the structure of the ground going to be loose. When rain is coming, some of the ground from on top of the hill will roll down into river. When the river is shallow, flood is easy to happen. The flood will damage victim belongings. Thus, the victim need more finance to repair their belongings.

In a nutshell, the production of paper without control gives more disadvantages than advantages. Government should take this problem seriously because it can affect our earth, not just to raise our economy.

Written by:

Nurul Afiqah Bt Mohd Rosdi

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