Question 13 Marks
Degradable and non-degradable waste
Answer
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| (i) | This type of waste is easily degraded by microbes. | (i) | This type of waste is not easily degraded by microbes because it takes a very long period of time and the use of various techniques. |
| (ii) | It includes kitchen waste (spoiled food, fruits, vegetables), ash, soil, dung, parts of the plants etc. | (ii) | It includes plastic, metal and other similar materials. |
| (iii) | It is also called wet solid waste or wet garbage. | (iii) | It is also called dry solid waste or dry garbage. |
| (iv) | If it is carefully decomposed, we can obtain compost and fuel of good quality from it. | (iv) | It can be recycled. |