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Russia has the largest number of trees in the world i.e.642 billion trees. Next is Canada
with 318 billion and Brazil with 302 billion trees.
Tick ( ) if you know this.
Water is an essential natural resource for the existence of life.
Soil contains important minerals which are used as nutrients for plants.
Natural Resources are consumed by living organisms directly or indirectly for their existence.
SAVING ENVIRONMENT USING 3R'S
With the rising population all over the world, we are constantly in the process of production and consumption of
natural and man-made resources. This has led to generation of waste products of different types. The organic waste is
decomposed on its own but the inorganic waste like plastic does not decompose naturally and accumulates for years.
The modern waste management techniques using 3R’s— Reduce, Reuse and Recycle will definitely help in managing
our waste sensibly, so that there is less damage to our environment. Let us study what we need to do to follow 3R's in
our daily practice of waste management:
Reduce
By reducing waste, we reduce the use of resources, so that there are less efforts for waste management.
• Avoid printing non-essential documents. If needed, print on both sides of the page.
• If something has to be bought in large quantities, then buy in bulk altogether to reduce packaging and transportation.
• Buy products that can do more than one thing.
• Buy reusable items rather than disposable ones.
• Carry your own reusable shopping bags to avoid using plastic bags.
• Reduce the use of single-use plastics, plastic packaging and Styrofoam cups.
Reuse
Reuse of the products will save the cost of making disposable products. This will help in saving more money which will
work in favour of the country’s economy and ultimately less of waste to manage.
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