Protect the Environment - An Innovative Idea - Fouad's Blog

As we know that we need certain things to survive on earth. If there is no oxygen, the survival will be impossible. What is going to happen due to continuous use of plastic bags and bottles? What? if there is limited water. There are so many things to discuss but being a student of engineering, I believe, there must be some devices to protect environment.

Last night I was about to sleep but the beep sound of my cell phone made me sit for 2 hours. You might be thinking I would have started chatting or watching movies, but NOT at all. It was just a message “click here to win luxury car”. When I proceeded to the page there was a cartoon giving a warm welcome to its mysterious page. You might be thinking what kind of story is this having no relation with the above topic? Actually, the story starts from here. When I registered with my name and email id, a THANKS screen appears and by default one another screen pops up. It was a story of a boy who died due to skin cancer. It caught my attention. I started thinking about the boy, also thought about how this skin cancer happens. I started searching about the causes and factors of the skin cancer and I found that the most obvious reason is the radiation of UV rays.

· ULTRAVIOLET (UV) Radiation

Ultraviolet(UV) rays come directly from sun to earth. But due to ozone layer(‎O₃) these rays reach us in a very small proportion and this ozone layer protects us from harmful rays. These rays have major risk of skin cancer. UV rays are not visible. Even our senses cannot feel such harmful rays. UV rays damage the DNA of skin cells. Skin cancer starts when this damage affects the DNA of genes that control skin cell growth.

Figure 1Pollution that damages the ozone layer

Figure 2Pollution that damages the ozone layer

The emission produced by the factories or cars, contains some harsh chemicals and in the form of smoke it reached to the sky. It will cause depletion or in simple word; make hole in the ozone layer. As a result, it will make UV to reach us easily. This smoke is not only going to cause skin cancer but when it is mixed with atmosphere it may result in toxic gas which will make horrible to survive.

Figure 3 Waste Water

Figure 4 Waste Water

The above images may make you feel yak, but that’s the truth. The procedure of the formation of cloud is known to all of us. Let me take a flash back. From ocean or river, when the evaporation takes place, it is not only water molecules but also some other elements too. We cannot see the ozone layer but the truth is that the picture of ozone layer is somehow like this. Think about the Evaporated water mixed with the polluted atmosphere, in addition to the harsh evaporated chemical!! Just imagine future!!

There must be a device that could be attached to the car or in the industry.

And the main function of that device would be to absorb the complete emission and to release only the ecofriendly gas required to atmosphere, and the residue - in the form of liquid or solid- could be stored. This solid/liquid form of the waste could be used for some other purpose.