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प्रश्न
How does recycling help reduce pollution?
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उत्तर
Recycling prevents the emission of many greenhouse gases which are the major cause of global warming. It also reduces water pollutants and saves energy.
संबंधित प्रश्न
How can you help in reducing the problem of waste disposal? Give any two methods.
State the scientific and eco-friendly methods of waste management.
What are sources of waste?
What do you mean by a scrubber?
Study the image below and write down three items you have at home in each category of waste.

Biodegradable ______
Discuss the role of an individual to reduce environmental pollution.
Plastic bags and food packaging is a ______ item.
The burning of solid waste in ______ is called incineration.
In a village in Karnataka, people started cultivating crops all around a lake which was always filled with water. They added fertilisers to their field in order to enhance the yield. Soon they discovered that the waterbody was completely covered with green floating plants and fishes started dying in large numbers.
Analyse the situation and give reasons for excessive growth of plants and death of fish in the lake.
Paheli gave the following ill effects of the practice of burning dried leaves and other plant parts
- Burning degrades the soil.
- Burning produces harmful gases/fumes.
- Precious raw materials to obtain manure at low cost is lost.
- Lot of heat is generated unnecessarily.
The correct reasons of why we should not burn leaves are
