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Question
Write about different household wastes.
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Solution
Different types of household wastes are:
- Organic waste: Kitchen wastes, vegetables, flowers, leaves, fruits.
- Toxic wastes: Old medicines, paints, chemicals, bulbs, spray cans, fertilizers, pesticides, containers, batteries, shoe polish.
- Recyclable wastes: Paper, glass, metals, plastics.
- Solid wastes: Cloths soiled with blood and other body fluids.
- e-wastes: Computer parts, electronic materials, cell phone parts, CFL bulbs.
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