1. To what use can you put the following kinds of garbage and how? (i) Rotting smelly garbage (ii) Dry leaves collected in a garbage Old newspapers

• Solution:
• Rotting smelly garbage is a biodegradable It can be converted into compost or vermicompost. Compost can be made by burying the organic waste such as fruit peels, vegetable peels, dry leaves etc. into a pit and covering it with soil. Vermicompost is made by using earthworms.
• Dry leaves collected in a garbage can are converted into compost or
• Old newspapers can be used for making the paper bags, paper pulp for use in

handicrafts, covering books and also for making recycled paper.