Segregation Game — Make small paper chits (30 – 40) with the names or drawings of the different items shown below. Take three empty boxes, and label them — green for wet waste, blue for dry waste, and the third can be labelled as ‘Items for recycler’. One by one, pick a chit and put it in the box th

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How to play, in 5 steps Cut 30–40 small paper chits. On each one write the name of one item, or draw it. Take three empty cartons. Label them: GREEN — wet waste , BLUE — dry waste , Items for recycler . Each child picks a chit in turn, reads it aloud, says which box it goes in and why, and drops it in. When all the chits are used up, open one box at a time and read out every chit in it. The class says “correct” or “wrong box”. Keep a fourth pile aside for the tricky ones — the class will find that some items really do not fit any of the three boxes. The answers for the items pictured on page 61 Item in the picture Correct box Why Banana peel Green — wet It rots and makes good compost Plate of leftover food (noodles) Green — wet Food waste; rots quickly Used tea bag Green — wet Tea leaves rot; take off the metal staple first Potato peel and dry leaves Green — wet Kitchen and garden waste; straight to the compost pit Pencil shavings Green — wet They are wood, so they rot in a compost pit. If your school has no pit, put them in the blue bin. Biscuit wrapper Blue — dry Thin mixed plastic; it does not rot and cannot be sold Chocolate / toffee wrapper Blue — dry Same reason Broken glass pieces Blue — dry Wrap in newspaper first and mark it, so no one is cut Crumpled aluminium foil Blue — dry If you have a lot of clean foil, roll it into a ball for the recycler instead Used paper napkin / soiled tissue Blue — dry Once soiled it cannot be recycled Broken pen Blue — dry Plastic and me

Item in the picture	Correct box	Why
Banana peel	Green — wet	It rots and makes good compost
Plate of leftover food (noodles)	Green — wet	Food waste; rots quickly
Used tea bag	Green — wet	Tea leaves rot; take off the metal staple first
Potato peel and dry leaves	Green — wet	Kitchen and garden waste; straight to the compost pit
Pencil shavings	Green — wet	They are wood, so they rot in a compost pit. If your school has no pit, put them in the blue bin.
Biscuit wrapper	Blue — dry	Thin mixed plastic; it does not rot and cannot be sold
Chocolate / toffee wrapper	Blue — dry	Same reason
Broken glass pieces	Blue — dry	Wrap in newspaper first and mark it, so no one is cut
Crumpled aluminium foil	Blue — dry	If you have a lot of clean foil, roll it into a ball for the recycler instead
Used paper napkin / soiled tissue	Blue — dry	Once soiled it cannot be recycled
Broken pen	Blue — dry	Plastic and metal joined together; it cannot be separated easily
Milk packet (washed)	Items for recycler	Good quality plastic — rinse, dry and keep aside
Old newspaper	Items for recycler	The raddiwala's main item; becomes new paper
Old notebook	Items for recycler	Paper; sold by weight
Cardboard carton	Items for recycler	Flatten it first so it takes less space
Plastic water bottle	Items for recycler	Rinse and crush; it is turned into thread for cloth
Green plastic can	Items for recycler	Thick, good plastic — first see whether it can be reused at home
Metal pipe / rod	Items for recycler	Metal is the most valuable item of all; it is melted and used again
Steel spoon	Items for recycler	If it is not bent, wash it and keep using it — that is even better
Plastic toy dinosaur	Items for recycler	If it is not broken, give it away to a younger child instead of throwing it
Cloth carry bag	Not waste at all	Wash it and use it again. This one is a trap in the game.
Battery (cell)	None of the three boxes	It has harmful chemicals inside. Keep it in a separate marked box and hand it to an e-waste collector.

NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 4 Segregation Game — Activity 2