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What measures are taken for disposal of solid wastes ?

Solution

The various measures taken for disposal of Solid Wastes are:

1. Burning of municipal solid wastes to reduce their volume.

2. Use of sanitary landfills instead of open-burning dumps.

3. Incineration of municipal wastes and using the heat emitted to generate electricity.

4. Recycling of various components of e-waste.

5. Categorisation and sorting of wastes into three categories called (a) bio-degradable, (b) recyclable and (c) the non-biodegradable.

6. Reducing the amount of garbage and the use of non-biodegradable materials like plastic.

Some More Questions From Environmental Issues Chapter

The amount of dissolved oxygen required by the microorganisms to degrade the organic wastes present in water is called ?

The cause of acid rain is :

Which one of the following causes ozone depletion ?

What disease is caused due to consumption of fishes captured from water contaminated with mercury ?

Which one of the following is not a green-house gas ?

Which gas contributes the maximum in global warming ?

Fill in the blanks with suitable words :
1. Increase in concentration of soluble salts in the soil is called.........

2. Aforestation can check the advancement of......... .

3. DDT is a serious pollutant as it is a.........pollutant and undergoes......... .

4 .........plant has become a troublesome weed in agricultural fields.

5 .........are major aerosol pollutant present in jet aircraft emission.

Write “True” or “False” :

Coin one word for the following statements :
Discarded computer parts like monitors, key boards, mouse etc.

Coin one word for the following statements :
Degradation of organic waste by worms like red wigglers, white worms and earthworms.

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