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any people when they hear urban pollution or pollution on the whole, they think about just garbage and unpleasant sites. We often surpass other types apart from the garbage which are as dangerous as the common ones. Noise pollution is one that is often overlooked, is very unpleasant to both humans and animals, noise is something that could be tolerated at a certain amount and level, but when it exceeds this threshold it becomes a nuisance to living thing. Most Trinbagonians have the party spirit which is in or culture, it is something we are proud, this urge to party gave rise to many nightclubs, bars and other famous destinations in Trinidad and Tobago. These bars and nightclubs play a lot of loud music to satisfy the patrons, this pleases the partygoers but to the surrounding population non partygoers as well as wildlife this is noise. Other than the clubs, there is another source of noise pollution that is of major concern that is noise from automobiles. Apart from the noise of the engine, there is a trend of inputting high wattage systems into cars, these systems play music way over the decibel limit set by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) of Trinidad and Tobago. These cars compared to the nightclubs are more dangerous as they are mobile and can move to different places; this means they can pollute the atmosphere with noise at any random area, all depending on the driver. Other than being a party nation, we are known for our natural environmental beauty, many tourist come her to get away from their busy city life, although some of them may like the loud music and noise other may not and this can affect their choice to return to our beautiful island. This would affect many locals as they own many small businesses that depend on tourists to survive.  The noise also affects the local residents, a person trying to get a good night rest after work may be disturbed, a child studying for an exam wouldn’t be able to concentrate and the ones affected the most is the elderly, the loud music from these cars can cause an elderly person to get sick, something which I’ve witnessed. Wildlife is also affected as they have increased senses compared to humans and the noise affects them drastically, this would cause them to migrate out of the area which would be a great loss as these animals is always a great sight.

TZAR night club, one of the many nightclubs in Trinidad and Tobago located in Woodbrook. This nightclub doesn’t produce much noise pollution as some of the others as it has insulated walls which reduces the amount of noise, however other clubs which are old, refurbished buildings don’t have this insulation and create a lot of noise.

Nightclub on Ariapita Avenue, Port of Spain

This is just of the many vehicles that contain a high wattage audio system, the owners and fans see it as something awesome whilst others just see it as plain old noise. These vehicles can travel to anywhere, especially to beaches and rivers where there is a vast amount of wildlife that are disturbed by the loud noise. The picture below shows a van containing music which can do a great deal of disturbing the peace