When we use the grains, pulses, biscuits, milk or oil purchased in shops, are packed in plastic bags or tins. All these wrapping material go out as garbage.
We generate so much garbage in our day-to-day activities
When the Safai karamcharis collect the garbage in trucks and take it to a low lying open area, called a landfill.
The garbage has both useful and nonuseful components. The non-useful component is separated out. It is then spread over the landfill and then covered with a layer of soil. Once the landfill is completely full, it is usually converted into a park or a play ground.
When the earthworm preparing compost with the help of redworms is called vermicomposting.
Redworms do not have teeth. They have a structure called ‘gizzard’, which helps them in grinding their food. Redworms do not survive in very hot or very cold surroundings. They also need moisture around them.
All kind of plastics give out harmful gases, upon heating or burning. These gases may cause many health problems, including cancer, in humans. The government has also laid down guidelines for recycling of plastics.