Question

What do you mean by the following terms?
(i) Segregation
(ii) Composting
(iii) Dumping.

Answer 1

• Waste segregation means dividing waste into dry and wet.
• Composting is a natural biological process, carried out under controlled aerobic conditions.
• Composting is nature's way of recycling.
• Dumping involves depositing all the waste materials from factories and industries, tankers and ships and sewerage waste materials into the oceans and seas.