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प्रश्न
What is biodegradable waste?
उत्तर
- The waste which is degraded by microorganisms is called biodegradable waste.
- This type of waste includes stale food, vegetable and fruit peelings, tea leaves, eg$ shells, dry leaves etc.
- A biodegradable waste has the ability to breakdown safely and relatively quickly by biological means(microorganisms) into the raw materials of nature and release into the environment.
- Every resource made by nature, returns to nature.
- Plants and animals biodegrade, even raw crude oil will degrade when exposed to water, air and necessary salts.
- Therefore, any natural organic sources like plant based and animal based products have the ability to biodegrade.
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