Question
Recall different activities that you and your elders do during the day. How do these activities create waste? Finally, what do we do with the waste?
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Answer
The activities that create waste are described in the table below.
| Activities | How Waste is created? | What do we do with the waste? |
| Eating biscuits | Wrappers of biscuit packet | Throw in the dustbin |
| Peeling fruits and vegetables | Peels of fruits and vegetables | Use as a manure in plants |
| Drinking soft drinks | Plastic bottles and Cans | Reuse bottles as water bottle and flower pot |
| Sharpening of pencils | Pencil shavings | Throw in the dustbin |
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