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If you dump kitchen waste in a pit, it may, after sometime

When we put kitchen waste into a pit they get degraded by action of microbes and convert into compost as kitchen wastes are biodegradable wastes.

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The method of preparing compost with the help of earthworms is called

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Which of the following activities does not reflect responsible behaviour with regard to waste disposal?

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Paheli gave the following ill effects of the practice of burning dried leaves and other plant parts

(i) Burning degrades the soil.


(ii) Burning produces harmful gases/fumes.


(iii) Precious raw materials to obtain manure at low cost is lost.


(iv) Lot of heat is generated unnecessarily.


The correct reasons of why we should not burn leaves are

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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:

(i) Plastic bags


(ii) Newspaper and journals


(iii) Screw and nuts


(iv) Vegetable peels


(v) Metal chips


(vi) Egg shells


Which item were transferred to which bin?