Pro/Con:US Recycling

Which statement BEST compares the points of view of the PRO and CON authors?

• The PRO author wants to investigate the true cost of recycling, while the CON author wants to avoid talking about the cost.

• The PRO author supports creating more recycling programs, while the CON author is against more recycling programs.

• The PRO author wants to reduce the cost of recycling, while the CON author thinks that the cost needs to be increased.

• The PRO author supports the idea of eliminating recycling programs, while the CON author is against eliminating them.

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Which statement from the PRO author BEST conveys his purpose in the article?

• More intelligent environmental policies would consider the costs and benefits of recycling programs. They should scrap those that are wasteful and harmful to the environment.

• Even the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it only makes sense economically and environmentally to recycle about 35 percent of our trash. Among those materials are paper and aluminum cans, according to the government department.

• Why the charade? Because “reduce, reuse, recycle” is an emotional slogan, not reasonable environmental policy. Years of brainwashing make most Americans blind to the actual evidence surrounding recycling programs.

• If you’re worried about the planet, please make sure your garbage is buried in a landfill. There’s plenty of space available.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

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Read the sentence from the PRO article:

"The true recycling test is whether someone is willing to pay you to sort and save your trash."

The PRO author uses this statement to support which claim?

• People are using inaccurate methods to test recycling programs.

• Recycling does not make sense economically.

• The government should help pay for recycling programs.

• Reducing and reusing are less expensive than recycling.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

Read this excerpt from the CON author: "Seattle charges people money for throwing out their garbage. People call it a pay-as-you-throw system."

What claim does he intend to support with this statement?

• There are major challenges for recycling programs.

• The costs of recycling are currently unknown.

• There are ways to get people to recycle more.

• The price of throwing away garbage is too expensive.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.8

Read this excerpt from the PRO article: "Many people rinse their plastic containers with water before they put them into a recycling bin."

The PRO author uses this idea to support which of the following points?

• Recycling is too expensive.

• Recycling takes too much effort.

• Companies do not want to recycle.

• Recycling is not a good use of resources.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

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Which is the following reasons does the PRO author use to support his position?

• People have strong feelings about "reduce, reuse, recycle."

• The trucks that collect recycling cause pollution.

• It is very important to avoid waste when a product is first made.

• People in the U.S. recycle about one-third of their garbage.

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Which statement from the PRO author describes an action he wants people to take?

• The EPA says that it only makes sense to recycle about one-third of our trash because recycling more than that is too expensive.

• Many people rinse their plastic containers with water before they put them into a recycling bin.

• City and state officials should think about the costs and benefits of recycling programs.

• If recycling saved money, companies would be lined up to buy your trash.

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Which answer choice BEST states the CON author's position?

• The CON author thinks that recycling is too expensive.

• The CON author thinks people need to recycle more.

• The CON author is against recycling.

• The CON author is against raising the cost of recycling.

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In the CON article, what does the author think about people in Seattle?

• They do a good job recycling.

• They waste too much stuff.

• They spend too much money on recycling.

• They don't understand why recycling is important.

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In the CON article, why does the author include these sentences? "We should be able to do much better than this. So why are we not? Some people just do not want to do it or think it is hard."

• to explain a cause and then an effect

• to compare two different ideas

• to explain what will happen in the future

• to explain the reason for a problem

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