Burning of leaves is harmful. Why? Is burning of leaves considered illegal in India. If no, do you suggest it should be made illegal?

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Vermicompost produced from kitchen waste is far more better than chemical fertilisers. Why?

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Municipality provides two types of dustbins for garbage collection. One blue coloured and one green coloured. Among the following wastes provided which, waste will you put in which dustbin?
Plastic materials, metal and glass items, waste of plants and animals, peels of fruits and vegetables, dried leaves and twigs, remains of meat like flesh and bones.

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Sachin was in the habit of making aeroplanes with his notebook papers. He used to tear off notebook pages and make paper aeroplanes. One day, his mom objected to this action. He collected all the waste papers and packed them in polybag and threw it outside through the window.
Now, answer the following questions:
(a) Do you think Sachin's action was responsible?
(b) What would you have done if you were in his place?
(c) What values do you observe in Sachin?

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Beautiful handcrafted articles like boxes and toys are made up of paper pulp in our country. Can you explain how paper pulp which is made from paper can be used to make hard boxes and other articles?

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Some waste materials can be reused in different forms. Can you make something useful with these waste materials-powder container, cold drink cans, plastic bottles, shoe boxes.

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Write three sentences on what comes to your mind when you get a chance to see the following.
(a) A rag picker 
(b) A cow eating a polythene bag.
(c) Foul odour emanating from garbage at the entrance of your house.

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What is composting ? Do you think it is better to use compost instead of chemical fertilizers? Why?

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Write the main drawbacks of plastics.

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Put a tick (\(\surd \)) against the garbage items given in Table 16·1which could be converted into manure. Put a cross (x) against the others.

	Garbage Items	Make manure or not
(i)	Egg shells
(ii)	Straw
(iii)	Dry flowers
(iv)	Pebbles
(v)	Broken pieces of glass
(vi)	Nails and screws
(vii)	Plastic bangles
(viii)	Leftover food
(ix)	Broken steel vessel
(x)	Dead animals

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