• Question: Do you know how to stop pollution?

    Asked by star127tea to Tonia, Sam, Emily, Ejay, Edgars, Charnett on 14 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Tonia Tzemanaki

      Tonia Tzemanaki answered on 14 Jun 2019: last edited 14 Jun 2019 12:15 pm

      Goverments have to set regulations and take active measures to stop pollution. However, it is also up to each of us to help towards this – I now buy fruit and veggies that do not come in plastic wrappings, and I mostly use bicycles or buses to travel (or go on foot).

      Of course, Robotics can be used as a positive measure to combat a lot of this problems, e.g. to monitor pollution, safeguard oceans, forests and wildlife etc.

      Here are some links that can be useful for more information:

      Keeping a robotic eye on pollution

      Robots for a sustainable future

      Laying the ground for robotic strategies in environmental protection

    • Photo: Sam Gaughan

      Sam Gaughan answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      Pretty sure Tonia nailed it. Basically we need everyone on the planet to work together, we need to make laws about it because greedy people will always try to cut corners. This goes for climate change too.

    • Photo: Edgars Kelmers

      Edgars Kelmers answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      I think the cause of all causes is the overpopulation, so making less babies is the best long term solution.

    • Photo: Charnett Chau

      Charnett Chau answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      We need to work together for sure. People’s attitude need to switch from caring about their environment short term to have more of a long term view. We need infrastructure that needs to be paid for, it seems like a lot of things we do is to get immediate effect so end up going for quick projects which will not be best for us long term.

      Governmental enforcement is important but behaviour change needs to happen too. We had a discussion at work the other day, crisp packets cannot be recycled and ALWAYS end up in landfill, are we prepared to never eat crisps again until we have something need to put crisps in… Alot of us said no…

      Food for thought.

    • Photo: Ejay Nsugbe

      Ejay Nsugbe answered on 16 Jun 2019:

      My thoughts are along the lines of every individual contributing their small amount to help better the society we live in. This could be in form of a better attitude, no littering , recycling etc.

    • Photo: Emily McNee

      Emily McNee answered on 16 Jun 2019:

      We all need to work together, but I think we need to look at our own habits and look at what we can do in our own lives. Taking public transport or walking rather than using a taxis or our own car. recycling and reusing, all can contribute to a better environment.

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