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(a) What do you do with the leftover food at home?
(b) If you and your friends are given the choice of eating on a plastic plate or a banana leaf platter at a party, which one would you prefer and why?
(a) Leftover food at home along with other kitchen waste like vegetable peel, and paper are dumped into a compost pit to convert them into manure. Later on, this manure can be used to grow plants.
(b) We should select a banana leaf platter because it can be easily converted into manure by composting.
The plastic plate can be recycled but in this process, it gives out harmful gases which pollute the environment. Plastic items cannot be converted into manure by composting.
[Extra information:
Manure is the organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture. Manure contains nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients that are needed by plants to grow. Fertilizers are generally costly and environmentally friendly. Farmers often use manure to save money by properly using it as a fertilizer.
The garbage containing plant and animal wastes, and waste food, when left as such in pits or heaps is acted upon by bacteria, fungus-like organisms causing rotting.
Rotting leads to the formation of manure. It is the conversion of complex molecules into simple molecules which can be used by plants for growth and development. Thus, the rotting and conversion of some organic materials into manure is called composting.]
Updated on: 10-Oct-2022
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