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    Management of Biodegradable Wastes

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    Biodegradable wastes include food scraps, leaves, and egg shells. There are several methods for managing biodegradable waste, including composting, landfills, bio-gas plants, and feeding food waste to animals. Composting involves burying biodegradable materials to be broken down by bacteria and fungi into nutrient-rich compost. Vermicomposting uses worms to break down organic matter. Landfills are large waste disposal areas where biodegradable materials break down slowly over long periods of time.

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    Management of Biodegradable Wastes

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    Biodegradable wastes include food scraps, leaves, and egg shells. There are several methods for managing biodegradable waste, including composting, landfills, bio-gas plants, and feeding food waste to animals. Composting involves burying biodegradable materials to be broken down by bacteria and fungi into nutrient-rich compost. Vermicomposting uses worms to break down organic matter. Landfills are large waste disposal areas where biodegradable materials break down slowly over long periods of time.

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    Biodegradable wastes include food scraps, leaves, and egg shells. There are several methods for managing biodegradable waste, including composting, landfills, bio-gas plants, and feeding food waste to animals. Composting involves burying biodegradable materials to be broken down by bacteria and fungi into nutrient-rich compost. Vermicomposting uses worms to break down organic matter. Landfills are large waste disposal areas where biodegradable materials break down slowly over long periods of time.

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    Management of Biodegradable Wastes

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    Biodegradable wastes include food scraps, leaves, and egg shells. There are several methods for managing biodegradable waste, including composting, landfills, bio-gas plants, and feeding food waste to animals. Composting involves burying biodegradable materials to be broken down by bacteria and fungi into nutrient-rich compost. Vermicomposting uses worms to break down organic matter. Landfills are large waste disposal areas where biodegradable materials break down slowly over long periods of time.

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    Management of

    biodegradable wastes
    Done by Nishka Jain
    What are biodegradable wastes?
    Biodegradable wastes are also called organic wastes. Examples of
    biodegradable wastes are vegetable peels ,waste food , dead flowers
    ,leaves and egg shells.
    There are many ways in which biodegradable wastes can be
    handled.

    • Composting
    • Landfills
    • Bio-gas plant
    • Feeding food waste to animals.
    Composting
    1. Recycling of organic wastes, such as waste food and leaves, by burying them
    in compost pits to form nutrient-rich compost/manure is called composting.
    2. The biodegradable wastes are degraded by the action of small organisms such
    as bacteria and fungi.
    3. This manure can be used in vegetable gardens at homes or in parks and
    gardens around.
    4. There is another type of composting in which red worms(also called red
    wriggles)act on wastes and degrade them. This type of composting is called
    Vermicomposting.
    5. Red worms are used in this process to break down the organic matter into
    nutrient-rich soil which increases soil fertility.
    Vermicomposting Composting
    Composting garden waste

    Leaf composter Compost pit


    Landfills
    1. Large areas used for waste disposal are called landfills.
    2. Landfills are used to manage huge amounts of biodegradable along with non-
    biodegradable wastes.
    3. In a landfill, the garbage is buried in such a way that it does not damage the
    environment. The garbage here stays for a long time, as it takes time to
    decompose.
    4. After a landfill is full, it can be converted into a park. Ex-Indraprastha park in
    New Delhi.
    1 Clay and 2 plastic barriers do not allow the
    garbage to mix with the soil and groundwater.
    3 Special pipes contain rain water that flow
    through the landfill.
    4 Each day’s garbage is separated in
    compartments, each called a cell.
    5 Heavy vehicles are used to compress the cells to
    create more space for adding new cells.
    Thank
    you

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