Question:
Manufacturing synthetic fibres is actually helping conservation of forests'. Comment.
Answer:
Raw materials for natural fibres are mainly derived from plants and this means cutting a lot of trees. This leads to
deforestation. But raw materials of synthetic materials are mainly petrochemicals. Hence, manufacturing synthetic fibres
helps in the conservation of forests.
Q 1.
Categorize the materials of the following products into 'can be recycled' and 'cannot be recycled'.
Telephone instruments, plastic toys, cooker handles, carry bags, ball point pens, plastic bowls, plastic covering on electrical
wires, plastic chairs, electrical switches.