Answer the following questions.

A. How is first aid provided to victims of disasters who are injured?

B. State the scientific and eco-friendly methods of waste management.

C. Explain with suitable examples, the relationship between weather forecasting and disaster management.

D. Why is e-waste harmful? Express your opinion about this.

E. How will you register individual your participation in solid waste management?

A. In case of injury, the wound should be covered with an antiseptic pad and apply pressure it for 5 minutes with either thumb or palm. If any bone is fractured of the injured it is necessary to restrict the movement of fractured part. It can be done with the help of any available wooden rods or batons or rulers.

B. Scientific and eco–friendly methods of waste management are:

i. Separating of solid waste into dry waste and wet waste.

ii. Composting of kitchen waste such as peels of vegetables and fruits in the terrace garden or in the garden.

iii. Vermicomposting is a process of converting vegetable waste or food waste into fertilizer using earth worms.

iv. Generation of energy by burning waste very high temperature. This process is called as Pyrolysis. Examples biogas, bioelectricity.

v. Dumping of industrial solid waste such as plastic, clay liners in the landfills to avoid leaching of waste.

vi. Burning of biomedical waste in the incinerator.

C. By weather forecasting we get to know about climatic conditions for the coming few days. Weather forecast predicts some unforeseen events which are going to happen such as heavy rainfall, landslides, storms, etc. therefore, in such situations disaster management can prepare for upcoming problems based on the weather forecasting report. Example: disaster happened in Kedarnath due to heavy rain and landslides.

D. E-waste stands for electronic waste which includes parts of TV sets, cell phones, music systems, computers, circuits and metals. These cannot be degraded. On burning theses release some harmful gasses which can cause respiratory problems.

E. First of all you have to learn the techniques of solid waste management and then register yourself to pollution control department.