The green bins provided by municipality are used for collecting which type of waste?

Plastics

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Metals

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Glass

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Kitchen wastes

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Solution

The correct option is D
Kitchen wastes

Green dustbins are used for biodegradable wastes and blue dustbins are used for non-biodegradrable wastes.

Importance of two types of dustbins is:

(i) Disposal of wastes after separating them into biodegradable and non-biodegradrable wastes in separate dustbins and treating wastes properly before dumping in landfills.

(ii) Segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradrable wastes occur without wasting time and energy.

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