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प्रश्न
Read the poem written below and then answer the questions from the information gathered from the book or elsewhere.
Name two items of waste each that need to be sent to a
- landfill,
- for composting.
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उत्तर
- Waste like metals, plastic items, glasses, etc., are sent to landfills.
- Wastes like vegetable peels, fruits, plant wastes, dried leaves are for composting.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give reason for the following :
Broken glass utensils are a kind of non-degradable waste.
Give a reason for the following :
Why is municipal sewage is first separated into degradable and non-degradable wastes?
The question has four options. Choose the correct answer:
A huge quantity of sewage is dumped in a river. The BOD will
What things does waste contain?
Discuss:
Is garbage disposal the responsibility only of the government?
What do you do with the leftover food at home?
Which of the following is biodegradable?
Provide a suitable term that expresses the meaning of the following statement.
Greeting cards made from newspaper.
To what use can you put the following kind of garbage and how?
Dry leaves collected in a garbage
Put a tick (√) against the garbage items given in Table 16.1 which could be converted into manure. Put a cross (×) against the others.
| Garbage Items | Make manure or not | |
| (i) | Egg shells | |
| (ii) | Straw | |
| (iii) | Dry flowers | |
| (iv) | Pebbles | |
| (v) | Broken pieces of glass | |
| (vi) | Nails and screws | |
| (vii) | Plastic bangles | |
| (viii) | Left over food | |
| (ix) | Steel broken vessel | |
| (x) | Dead animals |
