Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
A garbage collector separate items mentioned below in the garbage into red, green and blue containers for their transfer to landfill, composting pit and recycling unit respectively.
Items:
- Plastic bags
- Newspaper and journals
- Screw and nuts
- Vegetable peels
- Metal chips
- Egg shells
Which items were transferred to which bin?
Options
RED GREEN BLUE (i) and (iv) (ii) and (iii) (v) and (vi) RED GREEN BLUE (i) and (iii) (ii) and (v) (iv) and (vi) RED GREEN BLUE (i), (iii) and (v) (iv) and (vi) (ii) only RED GREEN BLUE (i) and (v) (ii) and (iv) (iii) only
Advertisements
Solution
| RED | GREEN | BLUE |
| (i), (iii) and (v) | (iv) and (vi) | (ii) only |
Explanation:
Metal chips, screws and nuts are disposed of in red bins. Biodegradable waste, such as eggshells and vegetable peels, is collected in green bins. The newspapers and journals will be collected in blue bins.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give reason for the following :
Broken glass utensils are a kind of non-degradable waste.
What type of garbage is thrown in green bins?
Observe the bins and waste material heaps and suggest what materials can be used for preparing handicrafts materials.
Which of the following is non- biodegradable?
To what use can you put the following kind of garbage and how?
Old newspapers
Read the poem written below and then answer the questions from the information gathered from the book or elsewhere.

Name the two kinds of waste that need to be separated from each other in two different waste bins.
Answer the following question in one or two words or sentences:
Who, out of the following should properly dispose of the garbage – father, mother, elder brother, younger sister?
What is meant by garbage?
Define the following term:
Pollution
