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Solid Waste and Different Sources

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Which of the following activities does not reflect responsible behaviour with regard to waste disposal?

A

Goods carried in paper bags or cloth bags.

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Waste collected in polythene bags for disposal.

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Waste separated into those that degrade and those that do not.

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Making handicrafts with used up notebooks.

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Solution

The correct option is B Waste collected in polythene bags for disposal.
The waste collected in polythene bags for disposal causes hazardous effect on the environment as it non-biodegradable and cause soil and water pollution. When consumed by organisms like cattle may have effect on their health.
So, the correct answer is 'Waste collected in polythene bags for disposal.'

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Which of the following activities does not reflect responsible behaviour with regard to waste disposal?

(a) Goods carried in paper bags or cloth bags.

(b) Waste collected in polythene bags for disposal.

(c) Waste separated into those that degrade and those that do not.

(d) Making handicrafts with used up notebooks.

Q. State whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) regarding solid waste management.
I. Wastes such as used glass bottles should be disposed in landfills.
II. The most sustainable solution to the problem of waste disposal is to reduce waste generation.
III. Plastic bags should be replaced with cotton or other natural fibre bags.

Q. A municipality van was collecting waste. It collected 20 bags of waste. There were some paper bags and some plastic bags. The fraction of the paper bag was three-fourths of the total bags he collected.

The van continuously collected the waste in the same manner for 10 days. What is the final number of plastic bags and paper bags after 10 days?

Q. Question 7
Paheli dug two pits, A and B in her garden. In pit A, she put a polyhtene bag packed with some agricultural waste. In pit B, she dumped the same kind of waste but without packing it in a polythene bag. She then covered both the pits with soil. What did she observe after a month?

(a) Waste in pit A degraded faster than that in pit B.
(b) Waste in pit B degraded faster than that in pit A.
(c) Waste in both pits degraded almost equally.
(d) Waste in both pits did not degrade at all.

Q. Non hazardous and solid wastes should be disposed in tied bags.

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