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Question
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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Solution
- 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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