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Environment
Write the differences between Biodegradable and Non biodegradable?
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Waste materials produced by human beings are very harmful to the environment. They cause a lot of pollution and degradation of our natural resources. Waste product can be classified into two types depending on their ability to degrade.
The first category of waste is biodegradable waste. This category of waste contains items such as vegetable peels, remains of fruits, plant leaves, excrement of various living organisms, dead decaying matter etc.
All this type of waste can be degraded naturally over a period of time. These waste do not pollute or cause harm to the environment. They get decomposed after sometime on their own. They do not cause any serious harm to the environment and are used as natural compost and manure. These types of waste enrich the soil with good bacteria and nutrients.
The second category of waste is the non biodegradable waste. The examples of this kind of waste include plastic ,polythene ,thermocol ,metal ,glass, fabrics ,shoes etc.
These waste material do not degrade in the environment and cause severe harm to the surroundings. This category of waste also include the e-waste which include our electronic waste like computer parts, parts of mobile phones, chargers etc. These waste should be disposed properly so that they can be reused and recycled if possible. This type of which should not be mixed with biodegradable waste as the biodegradable waste will be of no use afterwards.
The non biodegradable type of waste stays in the environment for long periods of time and takes hundreds and thousands of years to decay. Because various harmful and polluting effects to the environment and therefore their use should be reduced. The focus should be on recycling more and more items so that wastage can be minimised and pollution can be controlled.
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Biodegradable resources:-
Biodegradable things are the things which are degradable in soil and which does not stay in the soil for a longer period of time.
There are things like vegetable wastes, Food remains ,leaves, etc. are the degradable things in the soil.
Biodegradable things are easily degradable in soil and doesn’t require much time to be degraded. One must use biodegradable resources in order to get rid of the pollution that is the soil pollution. This is because, it is very important to protect our mother nature and it is very important to bring awareness among other people.
Non-biodegradable resources:-
Non biodegradable resources are the resources Which remain in the soil for a longer period of time and which does not do great with in few days. Non-biodegradable resources include plastic, rubber etc. The substances that are not degradable leads to soil pollution. Non-biodegradable resources are the direct form of polluting the soil.
It is very important for an individual to know the need of the situation and need to behave accordingly. It is very important to not go throw on the soil.
