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due to their lightweight, relatively low cost and resistance to water and, microorganisms. Plastics can be given any colour, shape and can be used, for making anything. Plastics are very durable. All this has made plastic, a boon for us., , The basic approaches towards the waste management involves, production of minimum wastes by practising three R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle) and proper disposal of wastes., , Reduce—We can reduce the amount of waste by throwing less. For, example, carry your own cloth bag when you go for shopping to avoid, the use of polythene bags., , Reuse-Reuse is to use an item more than once. It is another method, of reducing waste production. For example, old furniture and clothes, should be donated to the poor so that they can be reused., Recycle-Recycling is making of useful things from waste materials., Materials like glass, plastic, metal and paper are recycled to make fresh, glass, metal, plastic and paper products., , The biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes need to be disposed, of properly. They should first be segregated and then disposed through, various methods., , The methods of garbage disposal are —, , (i) Composting, , (ii) Landfill, , (iii) Incineration, , Landfill— Landfill is a large, low lying, open area outside the city or a, town where the garbage collected from a city or town is dumped. The, garbage is spread out on the landfill and covered with soil. Garbage, buried in landfill stays in it for a long time as it decomposes very slowly., When the landfill is completely filled, a park may be developed on it., The Indraprastha park in Delhi is an example of a landfill park.