Question

How does recycling help reduce pollution?

A. It reduces the number of trips a household needs to make to the store by reducing the need to buy new items.
B. It saves raw materials and conserves natural resources by reducing the need to produce items from new resources.
C. It saves money that we can invest in the environment because it reduces the number of new items we need.

Answer 1

B - recycling helps reduce pollution by saving raw materials and conserving natural resources by reducing the need to produce items from new resources

Answer 2

The correct answer to this question is B - recycling helps reduce pollution by saving raw materials and conserving natural resources by reducing the need to produce items from new resources. For example, recycling plastic involves processes that impact the environment in a far less harmful way than producing new plastic.