Get in the Loop Readworks

1. What do trucks drop off at a recycling center in Stratford, Connecticut?

• lunch boxes mixed with plastic bottles and glass

• newspapers mixed with plastic bottles and glass

• food scraps mixed with plastic bottles and glass

• aluminum cans mixed with plastic bottles and glass

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The article lists the steps in the recycling process of aluminum cans at a recycling center in Stratford, Connecticut. What is the second step in this process?

• “Close the Loop

• “Sort and Separate”

• Compress the Mess”

• “Do Your Bit”

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Read these sentences from the text:“Close the Loop. The bales are sold to companies that turn the recycled cans into something usable. From recycled aluminum cans, more cans are made. When you buy recycled products, you ‘close the loop.’”Based on the information in these sentences, what can you infer about “the loop”?

• The loop is the process of recycling aluminum cans and buying new cans made from the old ones.

• The loop is the process of making a compost pile using food scraps, leaves, and grass clippings.

• The loop is the process of sorting and separating aluminum cans that are mixed with massive loads of plastic bottles and glass

• The loop is the process of compressing aluminum cans into giant bales at a recycling center in Stratford, Connecticut.

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The article lists ways that people can reduce waste. One way is by donating old clothing and toys to a charity. How might donating old clothing and toys to a charity reduce waste?

• Donating old clothing and toys to a charity allows them to be used by other people instead of getting thrown away

• Donating old clothing and toys to a charity means they will be used in a compost pile that also includes food scraps, leaves, and grass clippings.

• Donating old clothing and toys to a charity means they will be taken to a recycling center in Stratford, Connecticut

• Donating old clothing and toys to a charity means they will be mixed with massive loads of plastic bottles and glass

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What is the main idea of this article?

• One way that people can reduce waste is by making a compost pile using food scraps, leaves, and grass clippings

• Recycling is a “loop” that you can take part in by doing things such as buying recycled products and recycling aluminum cans

• In a recycling center at the Garbage Museum in Stratford, Connecticut, trash travels along conveyor belts to be sorted and separated.

• At a recycling center in Stratford, Connecticut, trucks drop off aluminum cans mixed with massive loads of plastic bottles and glass

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Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Aluminum cans are compressed into bales _______ they are sold to companies that turn the cans into something usable

• before

• in conclusion

• after

• alike

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