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  2. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Different types of waste input (such as plant waste, food waste, tyres) placed in the pyrolysis process potentially yield an alternative to fossil fuels. [53] Pyrolysis is a process of thermo-chemical decomposition of organic materials by heat in the absence of stoichiometric quantities of oxygen ; the decomposition produces various hydrocarbon ...

  3. Vermicompost - Wikipedia

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    Vermicompost ( vermi-compost) is the product of the decomposition process using various species of worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms, to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. This process is called vermicomposting, with the rearing of worms for this purpose is ...

  4. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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    Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

  5. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    Food recovered by food waste critic Robin Greenfield in Madison, Wisconsin, from two days of recovery from dumpsters [1]. Food loss and waste is food that is not eaten. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous and occur throughout the food system, during production, processing, distribution, retail and food service sales, and consumption.

  6. History of Kerala - Wikipedia

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    The state of Kerala was created in 1956 from the former state of Travancore-Cochin, the Malabar district and the Kasaragod taluk of South Canara District of Madras state. [ 7] The state is called Keralam in Malayalam, due to its grammatical addition of Anusvara .

  7. Culture of Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Location of Kerala in India. Temple Procession in Kanhangad. The culture of Kerala has developed over the past millennia, influences from other parts of India and abroad. [ 1][ 2] It is defined by its antiquity and the organic continuity sustained by the Malayali people. [ 3] Modern Kerala society took shape owing to migrations from different ...

  8. Caste system in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    The caste system in Kerala differed from that found in the rest of India. While the Indian caste system generally divided the four-fold Varna division of the society into Brahmins , Kshatriyas , Vaishyas and Shudras , in Kerala, there existed only two varnas: Brahmins and Shudras , out of these four, while others were classified as Avarna.

  9. Kerala Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Civil Supplies functions under the Department of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs of the Government of Kerala. The Commissioner of Civil Supplies is the department's principal head and Principal Advisor to the Minister in charge of Food and Civil Supplies Department. The administrative head of the Department of Civil ...