Name: Plastic Waste
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 7 min 53 s
Description: We will understand about plastic waste and its examples. We will also learn about the process of plastic recycling. The importance of plastic recycling can b...

Question

A school has placed green and blue dustbins in the corridors. The blue bins are for the materials that can be reused and green bins were for the materials that can degrade easily. Select the items from the given list that should go into the green dustbin.
(a) Empty noodle cups (b) Plastic spoons (c) Pencil shavings (d) Metallic pencil box
(e) Waste paper (f) Thermocole (g) Toffee wrappers (h) Disposable plastic pens

Accepted Answer

The materials that can be degraded by the micro-organisms such as bacteria and fungi are known as biodegradable waste, and they are collected in a green coloured dustbin. The materials that do not decompose are called as non-biodegradable materials; they are collected in the blue coloured dustbin. The wastes are segregated in the table below;

Blue bins Green bins

Empty noodles cup Pencil shavings

Plastic spoons Waste paper

Metallic pencil box

Thermocole

Toffee wrappers

Disposable plastic pens

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