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

Polythene bags are not environment friendly so we should not use them to dispose wastes. They are non-biodegradable, remain as such in environment causing pollution.

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

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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?