Few years back disposable plastic cups were used for serving tea in trains.
Few years back disposable plastic cups were used for serving tea in trains. The impact caused by the disposal of millions of these cups an a daily basis caused a serious environment concern and disposable Kulhads, made of clay, were used instead. However, this resulted in loss of the fertile top-soil and hence was discontinued and has now been replaced by disposable paper cups.
Answer the following questions based on above information:
(i) What is the advantage of using disposable paper-cups over disposable plastic cup?
(ii) Which values are promoted by using'disposable' and'paper cups'.
(iii) Can such practices be followed at domestic level also? Give reasons.
1 Answers
(i) Paper cups are biodegradable whereas plastic is non-biodegradable and hence they latter is more environmentally friendly.
(ii) Environmental care; recycling of natural resources, hygiene.
(iii) Better hygienic care practices can be followed at home and hence same utensils/materials can be used again and again resulting in judicious use of materials.