Question

Give any two ways in which a biodegradable substance would affect the environment.

Answer 1

Biodegradable substance:

1. Organic waste materials that can decompose biologically into simple organic molecules or compost are considered biodegradable substances.
2. Only when there are excessive amounts of biodegradable waste in the environment do they affect the environment.

The following are ways that biodegradable materials impact the environment:

1. Loads of these wastes serve as the habitat for the mosquitoes and rodents that serve as the carriers and vectors for the transmission of so many communicable diseases.
2. Mostly carbon is present in biodegradable materials and this carbon is released back into the atmosphere after these things decompose which causes global warming.