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Choose the correct the example of nonbiodegradable waste.

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Vegetable peels

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Sewage

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Livestock waste

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DDT

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Solution

The correct option is D DDT
DDT (dichloro, diphenyl, trichloroethane) is long chain stable and fat soluble hydrocarbon which is readily accumulated in fat tissues of organisms. It has a slow metabolic rate and therefore, is considered as nonbiodegradable waste. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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