Question

Waste food, paper, plastic, vegetable and fruit waste etc. are classified as ________ waste.

a. Industrial waste b. Farm waste c. Domestic waste d. Urban waste​

Answer 1

Answer: c. Domestic waste

Explanation:

"Domestic waste" means any nonputrescible waste, consisting of combustible materials, such as paper, cardboard, yard clippings, wood, or similar materials, generated in a dwelling, including the real property upon which it is situated, containing four living units or less.

Answer 2

Waste food, paper, plastic vegetable, and fruit waste, etc. are classified as URBAN WASTE. (OPTION D)

TYPES OF WASTE -

• Waste is produced from different areas such as industries, hospitals, households, agriculture, dairy, mining, etc.
• The waste produced from different sources, can be divided as -

1. Urban waste

• The waste collected from domestic areas, markets, streets in an urban area.
• The waste is managed by municipal bodies and the quantity depends on the population size of the urban area.
• The waste includes paper, plastic, organic waste, clothes, glass,  ashes, construction and demolition waste, sludges, leaves, dirt, litter, dead plants and animals.

2. Industrial waste

• Waste released from chemical, metal, mining, cement, metallurgical, textile industries.
• Industrial waste can be hazardous or non-hazardous in nature.

3. Commercial waste

• Waste produced from various commercial places such as hotels, hostels, printing press, offices, buildings, etc.

4. Agriculture waste

• Animal and plant waste, fertilizers, pesticides, and chemicals used in farming activities.
• Waste from sugar factories, livestock, poultry farms, slaughterhouses, dairy farms, etc.