Question

What arrangements have been made in your village or town to dispose of the garbage that collects every day?

Answer 1

The following methods are used for the disposal of garbage in our town:

(a) Waste materials are collected separately in different coloured dustbins, representing the types of materials that they cater to, so that they can be treated appropriately.

(b) Green-coloured dustbins are meant for garbage which are generated from kitchen, plants and animals such as vegetable peels, egg shells, tea leaves, newspaper pieces, dry leaves and paper bags. These materials decompose and therefore, can be easily mixed with soil, thereby increasing the fertility of the soil. The blue-coloured dustbins contain materials that remain in the environment and therefore, need to be recycled such as scrap metal, aluminum waste and plastic toys.

(c) Safai karmacharis of the town collect the garbage and dump them into larger dumps. Garbage vans carry the garbage to areas on the outskirts of the city and dump them. Such regions are called landfills. After a landfill is filled with garbage it is covered with soil and converted into a playground or park. No construction activity is carried out on it for about 20 years.