Polution from Sugarcane Processing
The burning of sugar cane plants have emitted many pollutants into the atmosphere during sugar cane processing.
Pollutants Emitted
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Pollutant Sources
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How is Sugar Processed?
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The production of sugar damages the environment more than society realizes it does. The sugar process destructs surrounding soil, water and air, especially in alarming ecosystems around the equator. A report by WWF called "Sugar and the Environment" brought to point that "...sugar may be responsible for more biodiversity loss than any other crop, due to its destruction of habitat to make way for plantations, its intensive use of water for irrigation, its heavy use of agricultural chemicals, and the polluted waste water that is routinely discharged in the sugar production process" (About). In Papua New Guinea, the soil fertility has decreased by about 40% in the past 30 years due to the heavy sugar cultivation regions. Also, even in some of the world's most prominent rivers - Niger, Zambezi, Indus - the water has nearly dried due to the sugar production.