Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Garbage is a great environmental hazard. It comes from various sources – used paper, tiffin packings, plastic bags, ice-cream wrappers, bottle caps, fallen leaves from trees and many more. Garbage makes the premises ugly, unkempt and breeds diseases.
A lot of thrash that is thrown away contains material that can be recycled and reused such as paper, metals and glass which can be sent to the nearest recycling centre or disposed off to the junk dealer. It also contains organic matter such as leaves which can enrich soil fertility. A compost pit can be made at a convenient location where the refuse can be placed with layers of soil and an occasional sprinkling of water. This would help decomposition to make valuable fertiliser. This would also prevent pollution that is usually caused by burning such organic waste.
1. What are the sources of garbage?
2. How can garbage create havoc to mankind?
3. What happens to the disposed off material at the recycling centres?
4. How are fallen leaves from trees useful?
5. Mention two benefits of a compost pit.