Question

Explain 5 R's.

Answer 1

The 5 R's are:

1. Reduce
2. Refuse
3. Reuse
4. Recycle
5. Recovery

Reduce: It means to use less, reduce the use of plastics and polythene as these have a direct impact on nature.
Refuse: it means say no to those product which are harmful for the environment, like plastic bags.

Reuse: It means to use again and again i.e. we can use the jars of jams in the kitchen for keeping other food stuffs like dal, spices, etc. again.

Recycle: It means that processing the previous products into new ones. Papers, plastic bottles, glass jars should be recycled.

Recovery: It means to convert the waste product into energy by burning the wastes under controlled conditions.