How to Tackle Solid Waste

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Define the 4R principle in brief.

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Name the wastes which are generated in your house daily. What measures would you take for their disposal?

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Find ways to implement the zero garbage system at the domestic level.

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List any two methods to reduce the problem of waste disposal.

Q. Why must segregation of waste be done before disposal?

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Briefly explain the following:

Biomedical waste.

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Which of the following correctly represents the stages in solid waste management?

1. Collection - Segregation - Dumping - Transportation

2. Transportation - Collection - Segregation - Dumping

3. Collection - Segregation - Transportation - Dumping

4. Segregation - Collection - Transportation - Dumping

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List all the wastes that you generate, at home, school or during your Trips to other places, could you very easily reduce? Which would be Difficult or rather impossible to reduce?

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Large-scale disposal of solid waste in low areas of the ground and then covering it with earth is called

1. Incineration

2. Landfill

3. Pyrolysis

4. Deep well injection

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Sanitary landfilling is a widely used method for municipal solid waste management.

1. True
2. False

Q. Sanitary landfill is a site where waste is dumped saniatrily and allowed to

1. burn
2. recycle
3. be stored
4. decompose

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List all the wastes that you generate, at home school or during your trips to other places could you very easily reduce? Which would be difficult or rather impossible to reduce ?

Q. How can we help manage solid waste?

1. Carry cloth bags
2. Refuse the use of polythene bags
3. Sort garbage
4. All of the above

Q. A young sperm whale was found dead off the coast. It had a large amount of human trash like trash bags, polypropylene sacks, ropes, net segments etc. amounting to 29 kg in its digestive system. The whale died because of inflammation of the abdominal lining. Suggest measures that can be taken to reduce such incidents. [5]

Q. Sanitary landfill is where

1. Waste is burnt
2. Waste is stored in open sites
3. Waste is recycled
4. Waste is buried and allowed to decompose

Q. Which one of the following is not a device used to control a particulate matter?

1. Arresters
2. Scrubbers
3. Filters
4. Electrostatic precipitator
5. Incinerator

Q. Biomedical wastes are disposal into different colored containers for collecting different types of waste.

1. True
2. False
3. Ambiguous
4. Data insufficient

Q. Waste from hospitals are known as

1. Industrial waste
2. Biomedical waste
3. Biomagnification
4. Eutrophication

Q. Pollution from animal excreta and organic waste from kitchen cannot be minimized by

1. storing them in underground storage tanks
2. using them for producing biogas
3. vermiculture
4. using them as biofertilisers

Q. Pollution from animal excreta and organic waste from kitchen can be most profitably minimized by _________________.

1. Using them for producing biogas
2. Using them directly as biofertilisers
3. Storing them in underground storage tanks
4. Dumping them in river

Q. Incinerator is ________.

1. Just a machine
2. It's a machine and process
3. It's a sterilizing machine
4. Both B and C

Q. __________ is a biomedical waste.

1. Syringes
2. Gloves
3. Amputated limbs
4. All of the above

Q. Biomedical waste should be collected in

1. Corrugated box
2. Leak proof containers
3. Glass containers
4. None of the above

Q. Biomedical waste may be disposed of by

1. Incineration
2. Autoclaving
3. Land filling
4. Both B and C

Q. Biomedical waste is very hazardous for human life.

1. True
2. False

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Sachin was in the habit of making aeroplanes with his notebook papers. He used to tear off notebook pages and make paper aeroplanes. One day, his mom objected to this action. He collected all the waste papers and packed them in a polybag and threw it outside through the window. Now, answer the following questions:
(a) Do you think Sachins action was responsible?
(b) What would you have done if you were in his place?
(c) What values do you observe in Sachin?

Q. What are biomedical wastes?

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How disposal of garbage can be made ecofriendly?

Q. Sanitary landfill is where

1. Waste is burnt
2. Waste is stored in open sites
3. Waste is recycled
4. Waste is buried and allowed to decompose.

Q. What is the reason for Bangalore turning into a garbage city?

1. No proper solid waste management
2. High particulate matter
3. Polluted lakes
4. All of the above