Organic waste can be appropriately _________ by composting.
A compost prepared by turning farm waste material including animal waste into manure using earthworms is called __.
The compost pit is a mixture of all the organic and inorganic waste while landfill has only organic waste.
Question 12
Read the poem written below and then answer the question from the information gathered from the book or elsewhere.
Blue and Green
Two bins, you mean
Yes, they are there
to throw your waste
But not in a hurry
Nor in a haste.
Select from waste, sieve if seems muddy
separate all items and when they are ready
place in a blue bin or one that is green
For a voyage to the landfill, or for composting.
(a) Name the two kinds of waste that need to be separated from each other in two different waste bins.
(b) Name two items of waste each that need to be sent to a (i) landfill (ii) for composting.