Question 60
MediumOriginal questionRecycling means collecting things that would otherwise be thrown away, them, and turning them into new products. Old newspapers can become new paper; plastic bottles can become new containers.
It brings real benefits. When materials are recycled, fewer new such as wood, water and minerals have to be taken from the Earth to make new things. Recycling also saves energy, because it usually takes less energy to make a product from recycled material than from material dug up or cut down for the purpose.
But recycling is not the first thing to do with waste. Experts the ways of dealing with waste in order, from best to worst for the environment. At the top is making less waste in the first place, by buying and using less. Next comes reusing things, such as refilling a bottle instead of buying a new one. Recycling comes after both of these.
So the order to remember is simple: reduce, then reuse, and only then recycle. A plastic bottle that is recycled is better than one thrown away. A bottle that is refilled a hundred times is better still, and a bottle never bought at all is best of all.
What does the example of the plastic bottle in the last paragraph show?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
A recycled bottle is "better than one thrown away", a refilled bottle "better still", and one never bought "best of all".
The example shows the order of reduce, reuse, recycle in a single object.
Worth noting
The example puts recycling at the bottom of the three good choices, not the top.
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