How to stop noise pollution?

[Wiwo]

If we are being honest, there really is nothing i can do to reduce the total of noise pollution everywhere the best thing i could do is to not contribute to the noise pollution and try to convince others to do the same and for those who will not follow then might as well report them to the authorities so that they meet whatever consequences is waiting for them

Apart from not contributing to noise in the environment yourself, the best ways to make others follow not to increase noise is that the government has to make sure that they make laws guiding noise and public nuisance. If people know that there is law against their actions then they will respect themselves and keep to the standard of the law.

For example there can be a designated place for gathering for party and not to be done in residential places to avoid noise in neighborhood and so if someone is found having party and playing loud music within prohibited places as neighbourhood then they have contravened that law and should be punished for going against the law. If penalties are levied against offenders then the commission of such offense would reduce. This is part of controlling noise pollution.

I which there could be some noise control laws in my country, because at the moment, my country of residence is rated to be one of the most noisy place around the world, because many of the citizen's don't sleep and for that it's round the clock activities and for sure there is no rest for residence and business alike, this pattern of lifestyle have lowered the mortality rate of many citicezens due to the negative resultant effects of this crisis.

And just as Gozie stated, the government have a high role to play in all of this, because the citizens will only follow guidelines and if that guidelines are not in place, it can effects the way the citizens conduct themselves along the line.

So sure government is the major actor in all of this, and anywhere there is noise pollution,it then means that the government either directly or indirectly engineer it

[bluebit25]

(...)What steps will you take against noise pollution as a good citizen of the country?

I don't want to fight it and I don't really feel bothered by it. There are a number of things that I feel about the mind being affected by external factors, which are a type of thing that the majority are suffering from, but when it comes to consciousness, who does the mind belong to? Yep, it belongs to no one, not even you and me.

Whether we are sad, happy, angry, loving,... let's start unconditionally and eliminate things that are not beneficial to those around us. The way that I feel can be applied most practically is "meditation", yes all external sounds do not cause attention if you can apply that, and the benefits of "meditation" I see are very great many things in life.

[Die_empty]

You're right, we may not be able to derive on achieving this, but there's a way we can reduce the rate and effects of noise pollution in the environment, first is to channel most of the noise pollutants items to be on a specific environment being isolated from where humans live, then try to build in more  devices that are noiseless I couldn't contribute to the effects of noise to the environment there can also be government enforcement laws that will go against noise pollution in the environment.

In my country, we have industrial areas where all business that pollutes the environment must be cited. With this policy, we would have less sound from big generators and machines. sadly this is not the case anymore because these laws are not followed anymore and most of these law breakers are top politicians. Environmentally friendly power sources are very expensive which is why most businesses or individuals cannot afford them. If the government could subsidies the prices of these noiseless power sources, more people would be able to afford them.

Sometimes I feel sorry for people who have health issues that require them to stay in a quiet environment. Most of them might end up having more complications. If I am opportune to have an online job, I will consider moving to a rural area where I will enjoy the natural sounds and not from mechanical sources.       

[Victorik]

I don't think noise pollution can be completed stopped or eliminated, but it can only be reduced to the barest minimum.
This can be achieved when existing laws against noise pollution are enforced.
But how can a law be enforced when the enforcers are the ones in the forefront of breaking these laws.
 

I believe you have got some small misunderstanding on what noise pollution is, to be honest. Noise pollution is not supposed to be fought by completely getting rid of all noise possible, what would not make sense, because there is no society organized enough to get rid of such thing.
Fighting noise pollution is about getting standards and adjust our society to them as much as possible so people who live close to each other won't get bothered by the noise made by neighbors or people in the streets.
Obviously, enforcing laws is an important part of reaching those objectives, even though I have got the impression there is way more people polluting than available law enforcement officers out there.

I think I understand very well what noise pollution is, hence my response to the OP who was asking how noise pollution can be stopped. I was only trying to educate the OP that noise pollution can not be eliminated, that is impossible to achieve, no technology can ever be used to achieve this.

What I am trying to explaing to you is that noise and noise pollution is not the same, one can get rid of noise pollution but one cannot easily get rid of noise in general.
You can call noise pollution when you are dealing when noise constantly, though your day and even through your night. There is when the pollution kicks in and can negatively affect your health and standard of living.
On the other hand, having a little bit of noise in the day because someone in your house slammed a door or someone is shouting at someone else is not pollution. It can be a bother but it won't negatively affect your health in the long term.

Another comparison would be between alcoholism and social drinking. Alcoholism is a problem which can damage your health very quickly while moderate consumption in social settings won't do the same to your health.

Well, I will disagree with on the difference between noise and noise pollution.
There's really no difference between noise and noise pollution
Noise is an unwanted, unpleasant sound that is uncomfortable for our well-being.
Any sound that is above 75Db is considered as harmful to human.

[God bless u]

If we are being honest, there really is nothing i can do to reduce the total of noise pollution everywhere the best thing i could do is to not contribute to the noise pollution and try to convince others to do the same and for those who will not follow then might as well report them to the authorities so that they meet whatever consequences is waiting for them

In noise pollution i think that horn is bad because we often see that after waiting for a while or straining, the driver starts every time with a horn which is very unbearable. thing happens because what is in it, you may have patients, what you may have are old people and small children, who are in extreme pain when they hear this horn, so we are with one thing that is to be avoided.

If I have I, I will do everything possible to eliminate this noise pollution.

[Hewlet]

A common problem in many countries is noise pollution. Noise pollution comes in many forms, such as car horns, loud music playing, naughty boys shouting and many other sources of noise pollution. Noise pollution has several harmful effects - excessive noise or noise pollution enough to disturb your sleep or work. Noise pollution is a legal offense in many developed countries and everyone obeys the law. But there are many countries where noise pollution laws are not obeyed by the general public and law enforcement agencies do not care.
What steps will you take against noise pollution as a good citizen of the country?

noise pollution can't be stopped but can only be controlled. Depending on the country of your residence, stopping noise pollution isn't something you can just set out rules it would just work but their certain things that can help reduce the extent of noise pollution which include,

1. Setting out laws that prevent the playing of music above a certain decibel.
2. Banning cars with high exhaust gas from ridding on the road.
3. Encouraging industrial areas to be located far from home
4. Setting out laws to prevent public address systems from keeping their speakers outside

The solution to solving noise pollution pollution is kind of country related and how the citizens react to it differs, for my country for instance, it will take a long time before we will be able to come out of this noise pollution wahala

[cryptoWODL]

A common problem in many countries is noise pollution. Noise pollution comes in many forms, such as car horns, loud music playing, naughty boys shouting and many other sources of noise pollution. Noise pollution has several harmful effects - excessive noise or noise pollution enough to disturb your sleep or work. Noise pollution is a legal offense in many developed countries and everyone obeys the law. But there are many countries where noise pollution laws are not obeyed by the general public and law enforcement agencies do not care.
What steps will you take against noise pollution as a good citizen of the country?

Noise pollution can adversely affect our lives. Noise pollution is caused by various reasons, the country with more population has more noise pollution. Due to noise pollution we can suffer from various diseases such as Various ailments including high blood pressure, anxiety, irritability, hearing loss.

You will see that in different countries, loud music is played during various cultural events in rural areas which is a major cause of noise pollution. There was a time in our society when people used to play loud music at weddings but now it has been stopped because of noise pollution.

[johnsaributua]

Sound does bring people together in one event, actually there are many benefits of sound in everyday life to communicate, have fun, sign language, and more. because of freedom in a country there is no regulation (because it is in the wild / outside each person's home), so there is no compulsion to regulate the intensity of sound (if it is a performance event) The first bad effect is felt by invited guests even though it aims to enjoy together but if it is excessive of course there is a hearing effect when leaving the gathering, it is simple but each person has a reason because of entertainment needs and turns every day.

Also the honking on the road by vehicles, it is not to blame because it is a sign of danger depending on the size of the vehicle, if this is eliminated how much chaos occurs when miss communication at illegal crossings, because of the dense population and their activities so close to the highway, it is the duty of the local government to separate the productive and alternative routes. Sound is not entirely to blame because it depends on what the needs and mechanisms are, because the world would be so scary without sound. It's the same in my country, but I do my best to stay away from the bad effects of intentional sound instead of dwelling on it.

[Obim34]

In controlling noise pollution, all hands must be on deck. It should be a proper understanding by both the citizens and governments where as the laws have been set but citizens still breaks the law then it's not functioning. Controlling noise pollution will be very difficult in most countries due to often occasions like funerals and traditional practices..

[|MINER|]

Population is increasing in every country.  It is now very much out of our control. For this, various types of pollution are increasing, noise pollution is one of them.  People's lives are greatly endangered due to noise pollution.  To prevent this, the cooperation of the administration is very necessary.  For example, loud music should be banned in residential areas.  Ask them to refrain from unnecessary honking and take legal measures for disobeying them. Then people will speak up and noise pollution will reduce a lot.

[Zanab247]

There are some area where noise is not allowed for the kind of people that is living in that particular area to allow some professors or politicians to reason well in a way they will have something meaningful to release to their followers in the society.

It will be difficult for government or citizens to fight noise pollution easily in the country because there are some places you will go to and the noise is a noise of transaction of how to make profits for the exchange of goods and services but there are some are communicating to their followers concerning the region activities.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

A common problem in many countries is noise pollution. Noise pollution comes in many forms, such as car horns, loud music playing, naughty boys shouting and many other sources of noise pollution. Noise pollution has several harmful effects - excessive noise or noise pollution enough to disturb your sleep or work. Noise pollution is a legal offense in many developed countries and everyone obeys the law. But there are many countries where noise pollution laws are not obeyed by the general public and law enforcement agencies do not care.
What steps will you take against noise pollution as a good citizen of the country?

Noise pollution is a serious problem many environment today face mostly people leaving in an industrial area of any society of a Truth is possible to reduce noise but can't be totally wipe out in any environment. In area like music can easily be controlled use if generator to generate light could also be reduced because of may devices to generate light using solar is now available etc but in the aspect of industrial area there some mechanical machine that solar system can't power which noise course many side effects in the society mostly the oil drilling sector, like the one j witness in my area the mechanic noise have course many around the environment ear problem unrest and many other health issue.in area like this industrial where drilling is carry out the only control is to restrict occupants or carry out such in mind residential area.

[odunybiz]

Noise pollution in some countries is highly practiced,and can't be stopped easily.Especially,in Africa noise pollution is very common.Noise pollution affect a person's mental health.It causes lack of sleep,lack of concentration and stress.It's funny enough when people say they're used to loud noise,if only they know the effect they'll look for a way to stop it in their neighborhood.
So therefore,one way noise pollution can be stopped is factories should not be built in a neighborhood.It should be built in a quiet place far from a neighborhood to avoid noise pollution.

This may be very difficult to stop in some countries especially in Africa. I can't say it's illiteracy that make it to be more common because even the elite ones engage in such act. This is why noisy music sell faster in my country as people are after the beat not the content. This can only be reduced if the government make a law against it.

[oktana]

The government can’t do more than putting an effective law that penalizes anyone who commits the offense. But if you think deeply on it, you’ll see that it’s going to be difficult because sound is really easy to produce. It could be playing loud music in the neighborhood or even yelling at someone. Just like other offense that people commit, it can be reduced because of the law but can’t be entirely stopped. Or maybe to stop it you gotta go deaf?

[cryptoWODL]

Every country in the world has adverse effects of noise pollution. Even the level of this noise pollution is increasing all over the world. Noise pollution is one of the causes of environmental pollution. Sudden loud noises, various loud noises cause mental and physical problems in people. So we can prevent noise pollution if we take some steps to prevent noise pollution.

For example,
•Industrial noise should be controlled.
•Controlling the sound of vehicle horns. Vehicle horns can be one of the causes of noise pollution so we should refrain from honking loudly.
•Do not play loud microphones, radios or televisions.
•Avoid bursting firecrackers or crackers.

Moreover if we discuss the harmful aspects of noise pollution among people then maybe people will be aware and then noise pollution can be prevented.

[Essential10]

Every country in the world has adverse effects of noise pollution. Even the level of this noise pollution is increasing all over the world. Noise pollution is one of the causes of environmental pollution. Sudden loud noises, various loud noises cause mental and physical problems in people. So we can prevent noise pollution if we take some steps to prevent noise pollution.

As the world is becoming modern, the amount of noise pollution is increasing. It is not possible to completely prevent noise pollution in the world but we can take some steps to reduce noise pollution.

For example,
•Industrial noise should be controlled.
•Controlling the sound of vehicle horns. Vehicle horns can be one of the causes of noise pollution so we should refrain from honking loudly.
•Do not play loud microphones, radios or televisions.
•Avoid bursting firecrackers or crackers.

Noise levels will be pronounced in industrial areas. But we have to relocate the factories far away from the cities.

Many people play extra horn while driving, even though horn is prohibited in many places, many people disobey the rules. Of course we have to be personally aware, otherwise the level of noise pollution from car horns cannot be reduced.

If we play loud microphone, radio or television at home, if it is done regularly then we can face events like stoke, heart attack, especially it harms our own family members.

Just as noise pollution is caused by the loud sound of firecrackers, its smoke is one of the causes of environmental pollution. So in my opinion it should be banned completely.

Moreover if we discuss the harmful aspects of noise pollution among people then maybe people will be aware and then noise pollution can be prevented.

Government and people should come forward to reduce the trend of noise pollution.I think it cannot be reduced without a concerted effort.

[Dunamisx]

The government enforcement pattern could be introduced to deal with everything that has to do with noise pollution and that is if they themselves are not part of the constitutes to the very noise pollutions we are talking about, when we are not found guilty of the change we want to implement, it will be then very easy for us to achieve this as a success because we are being governed by authorities and must obey as their dictates states.

[Baperom]

To overcome the increasingly troubling challenge of air pollution, an integrated and decisive approach is needed. one effective way is to increase law enforcement regarding noise pollution. The government needs to strengthen existing regulations and develop stricter policies to control activities that can cause noise pollution. Apart from that, it is necessary to increase public awareness through educational campaigns about the negative impacts of noise pollution on health and the environment. Sanctions for rule violators must also be tightened to provide a deterrent effect.

[MegameSama]

even in our country there is no such thing as noise pollution lol. but usually if there is noise we report it to the local leader, and this leader will come to him to stop the source of the sound or reduce it. but the majority in our culture have understood each other since ancient times and it has become a habit. If someone is sick, the local residents don't make any noise and let the sick rest. If a young person plays music when people are sleeping, he will usually turn down the sound of the music. if there are violators they will be ostracized from society so being ostracized by society has a more frightening effect than being punished lol. but I am grateful to live here where everyone understands each other, is polite and kind.

[Bushdark]

There is no way we can stop noise pollution and only if we can stop aeroplane from flying and stop the movement of cars and music.
There are many things that can cause pollution and we need to know that stopping such thing from use can stop our production processes. Since noise pollution is not harmful, there is no need for us to know what we are doing and start looking for ways to end the pollution. I don't think that noise pollution is an important thing we needed to agitate on.