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Waste Disposal Questions & Answers
Question 1: What greets you as you approach the Ghazipur landfill?
Answer: The first thing that greet us as we approach the landfill is the sight of birds of prey circling in the sky.
Question 2: What do Jeevan and Devender do at the landfill?
Answer: At the landfill, Jeevan and Devender pick, sort and sell the waste in order to earn a living.
Question 3: What does the Municipal solid waste rules says about landfill?
Answer: The municipal solid waste rules state that landfill should be away from habitation clusters.
Question 4: How do countries like Sri tanka and Bhutan manage their waste?
Answer: Sri Lanka manages its waste by segregating it properly. In Bhutan, everybody is conscious to not pollute their land.
Question 5: What is Swachh Bharat mission about?
Answer: The Swachh Bharat mission or clean India mission is a campaign in India that aims to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India’s cities, smaller towns and rural areas.
Question 6: What does it aim to achieve by 2019?
Answer: It aims to achieve a Swachh Bharat by 2019 as a fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
Question 7: How did the women in Bihar’s Jehanabad district bring about a social change?
Answer: In Bihar’s Jehanabad district nearly 14,000 women brought about a social change by coming together to clean up their surroundings and convincing villagers to build toilets.
Question 8: Read the lines and answer the questions:
1. They say that land filled waste should be compacted & put under soil cover daily so that there is no fear of pollution.
(a) How can landfill waste be compacted?
Answer: Landfill waste can be compacted with the help of garbage compactors and waste collection vehicles in order to compress waste so that more of it can be stored in the same space.
(b) What will happen if this is not done?
Answer: If this is not done then, the garbage will take too much space and also, there will be fear of pollution if the waste is not put under soil cover daily.
(c) How does the waste from landfill causes air pollution?
Answer: The waste from landfill release highly combustible methane gas resulting in fires producing smoke. This along with burning of waste results in air pollution.
2. Now this village is role model for the whole Kerala.
(a) Which village is being described here?
Answer: The village described here is Thrissur’s Puzhakkal.
(b) What was the problem in the village?
Answer: The village faced the problem of waste management. There were huge dumps of garbage in the area.
(c) How did Swachh Bharat Mission inspire the villagers?
Answer: Swachh Bharat Mission inspired the villagers to tackle the issue of the garbage dumps. They put a proper waste management plan in their village which included installation of waste bins & the setting up biogas plants.
So, these were Waste Disposal Questions & Answers.