Pollution and Waste

Pollution

Pollution noun - Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities.

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Waste and pollution are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead a noun "Pollution".

Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.

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Pollution and waste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pollution" instead a noun "Waste".

human	human pollution	human waste
real	real pollution	real waste
massive	massive pollution	massive waste
little	little pollution	little waste
Other adjectives: cold, deadly, radioactive, toxic, magical, nuclear, global, industrial.

After the End: The movie takes place long after the Earth has been rendered uninhabitable to humans due to pollution and waste. A.I.

Source: Western Animation / WALLE
In one story, Archie dreams about a Bad Future where the planet has been environmentally and ecologically devastated by unchecked pollution and waste.

Source: It's Fake Fur, It's Fine
If you're doing a Cyber Punk work, be sure to have gloomy, twilit, ominous skyscrapers towering over masses of stinking poverty — lots of smokestacks, toxic waste and pollution by the slums, and decadent advertisements choking the more economically robust areas.

Source: Scenery Gorn

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