Divide the wastes generated from your house into biodegradable and nonbiodegradable categories and suggest methods for their disposal.

What are the different methods of waste disposal?

Assertion (A): Wastes such as plastics, paper, vegetable or fruit peels, which are generated in our house daily are biodegradable. Reason (R): Biodegradable wastes can be broken down into simpler, harmless substance in nature in due course of time by the biological processes such as action of microorganisms.

Suggest some measures to replace commonly used nonbiodegradable products with biodegradable ones.

Unlimited exploitation of nature by man disturbed the delicate ecological balance between the living and non-living components of the biosphere. The unfavourable conditions created by man himself threatened the survival not only of him but also of the entire living organisms on the mother earth. Rehan is an active member of 'Eco club' of his school which is creating environmental awareness amongst the school students, spreading the same in the society and also working hard for preventing environmental degradation of the surroundings. As part of this awareness programme, they are explaining the importance of using different dustbing for biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes. Generally green duslbing are for biodegradable wastes and blue for non-biodegradable wastes. State the importance of green and blue dustbins in the safe disposal of the household waste.