Question

10. To what use can you put the following kinds of garbage and how?
(i) Rotting smelly garbage
(ii) Dry leaves collected in garbage
(iii) Old newspapers

Answer 1

i) Rotting smelly garbage is a biodegradable process. It can be converted into compost or vermicompost. Compost can be made by burying the organic waste such as fruit peels, vegetable peels, dry leaves etc. into a pit and covering it with soil. Vermicompost is made by using earthworms.

(ii) Dry leaves collected in a garbage can are converted into compost or vermicompost.

(iii) Old newspapers can be used for making the paper bags, paper pulp for use in handicrafts, covering books and also for making recycled paper.