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Classification of Waste on the Basis of Source

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ONE FINE MORNING REEMA OBSERVED A SWEEPER BURNING TWO HEAPS OF GARBAGE, ONE OF
WASTE PAPER AND ANOTHER OF OLD DISCARDED COTTON CLOTHES. TO HER SURPRISE BOTH

HEAPS PRODUCED SIMILAR ODOUR ON BURNING BOTH TURNED INTO GREVISH ASH. WHY ?

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It is because both waste paper and cotton clothes are plant products and are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Due to their similar chemical nature mainly presence of carbon, both produce same odour and turn into grevish ash.

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