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What is meant by garbage?
The unwanted things or substances which are generated during various activities and processes constitute garbage.
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Pollution
Pollution is the addition of any such constituent to air, water, or land that deteriorates the natural quality of the environment.
Pollution is the action of making the air, water, land, etc., dirty, dangerous, and even unfit for use.
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Waste
Waste is any unwanted or undesired material or substance resulting from industrial, commercial mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities.
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Compost: Substances converted into manure for use in industries.
Compost: The substances converted into manure for use in agricultural fields.
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Landfill: Garbage buried under water in an area.
Landfill: Garbage buried under the soil in an area.
Define Vermicompost.
- Vermiculture or Vermicomposting is a method of transforming organic wastes such as waste papers, leaves, pieces of wood, etc., into a nutrient rich fertilizer using earthworms.
- It is a healthy and clean way to eliminate wastes going into our landfills.
- It keeps the environment clean.
- Earthworms eat the organic wastes and excrete it in the form of castings. This is known as vermicompost.
Define the following.
Compost
Compost:
Compost is a soil conditioner as well as a fertilizer, which is rich in nutrients.
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Recycling: Reuse of unused material in the same or another form.
Recycling: The reuse of used material in the same or another form.
