Which set of items are good for making compost?

Plastic paper, tin foil, wrappers

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Broken plastic toys, polythene bags, pieces of clothes

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Egg shells, vegetable and fruit peels and tea leaves

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Aluminium wrappers, plastic bags and dry leaves

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Solution

The correct option is C Egg shells, vegetable and fruit peels and tea leaves
The process of decomposing organic waste using micro-organisms under anaerobic conditions to form humus is called composting. The set of items that are good for making compost are egg shells, vegetable and fruit peels and tea leaves.

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