Question

What is meant by ‘Putrescible’?
A) Biodegradable
B) Non-biodegradable waste
C) Pure material
D) All of these

Answer 1

Hint:
The word ‘Putrescible’ applies to waste materials and refers to those materials that can be decomposed by microorganisms and releases foul smelling gases such as the decomposition products.

Complete Step by Step Answer:
‘Putrescible wastes’ are referred to those solid wastes that contain organic matter capable of being decomposed by microorganisms causing odour-full gases as the products of the decomposition. These kinds of wastes can become the foods for birds and other vectors. The examples of ‘Putrescible’ wastes may include garbage, offal, dead animals, general household wastes, public wastes, common household wastes, etc. These wastes meet the conditions required to become a Biodegradable waste. This is because Biodegradable wastes are referred to those wastes that are easily decomposed by natural substances such as sunlight, water, soil, microorganisms, etc.
Hence, we can say that ‘Putrescible’ wastes are the same as Biodegradable wastes, and the

Correct answer is option A.

Note:
Waste materials such as plastics, metals, concrete and building materials etc. are termed as Non-biodegradable wastes and these materials do not degrade easily and hence cause more pollution than the biodegradable waste materials. The best way to use the Non-biodegradable wastes is to recycle them again and again till the time they can be recycled. Hence the initiative of ‘reuse-reduce-recycle'' was introduced that aims at waste minimization and better utilization of different waste materials. Segregation of the wastes into different containers is also another solution for the reuse and recycling of the wastes.