Question

Which statement accurately describes the relationship between recycling and land fills?

A. Landfills decrease the need for the recycling industry.

B. Recycling decreases the need for waste to be placed in landfills.

C. Recycling reduces habitable space to a greater extent than landfills do.

D. Landfills reduce greenhouse gases to a greater extent than recycling does.

Answer 1

B. Recycling decreases the need for waste to be placed in landfills

Answer 2

Correct answer B.

Recycling decreases the need for waste to be placed in landfills. This statement accurately describes the relationship between recycling and landfills. If more waste is recycle, the lesser amount of space is needed to make landfill space. This means that recycling has a greater impact in preserving habitable space for human use and government can conserve money for landfill space.

Moreover, the practice of recycling must be observe not just to decrease waste in landfill but also reduce methane gas and carbon dioxide that landfills produce thus minimize the effect of climate change.