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प्रश्न
What are Composting ? Explain its Process
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उत्तर
Composting is an effective way of disposing of wet garbage from households and biomass wastes from gardens.
The processes involves in composting are :
- Vegetable peels, fruit peels, food-scraps, twigs, dry leaves, grass clippings can be dumped into a pit or a big bin.
- Then soil is spread over this pile.
- Earthworms can be introduced into the compost pit to decompose the organic matter which enrich the compost. This method is called vermi-composting.
- The soil microbes break down the organic matter.
- The compost obtained is rich organic manure for the plants in the garden.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or False (F).
Some of the electronic wastes may contain valuable metals such as copper.
Match the items in Column I with as many times as possible in Column II.
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Column I |
Column II |
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1. Cow dung |
(i) Sugarcane |
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2. Bagasse |
(ii) Raddiwalas |
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3. Old newspapers |
(iii) Manure |
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- Garden waste
- Ball point pen refills
- Empty medicine bottles made of glass
- Peels of fruits and vegetables
- Old cotton shirt
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