Test: Garbage In Garbage Out - UPSC MCQ

Orange peels are biodegradable as it gets decomposed naturally by action of microbes.

Crockery pieces, dal packets and vegetable peels are household garbage but plants are not.

A Non-Biodegradable material can be defined as a kind of substance which cannot be broken down by natural organisms and acts as a source of pollution.

To minimise plastic wastes we should minimize its use as it is non-biodegradable.

Backward composting is an example of source reduction of waste.

Vegetable peels are biodegradable while aluminium and plastic are non-biodegradable.

Carrying a cloth bag for vegetable while going to market is good habit.

Glass bottle is non-biodegradable as it cannot be broken into simper form by microbes.

Metal scrapes are not municipal waste but paper, batteries and packing materials forms the municipal wastes.

The composting method in which earthworm is used is called as vermiform composting.