Question

Write any two differences between biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances by giving one example of each from our daily life.

Answer 1

Biodegradable: 

1. Degradation process in Biodegradable waste is is rapid.

2. Biodegradable waste is decomposed and degraded by microbes.

3. Biodegradable waste are not accumulated but are used up in short time.

Example : Paper, cotton cloth, peel of vegetables etc.

Non Biodegradable: 

1. Degradation process in Non-Biodegradable waste is slow.

2. Non-Biodegradable waste is cannot be decomposed by microbes.

3. Non-Biodegradable waste often accumulate.

Example: Plastics, glass, DDT etc.