all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.

While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas,
cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and
businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However,
given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting

a very potent greenhouse gas.

As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills
contribute to the release of methane

Even  worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot
break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture.

The writer wants to support the paragraph’s main idea with accurate, relevant information from the
graph. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?

(less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper.)

The writer wants to include information from the graph that is consistent with the description of
compost in the passage. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?

(13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris.
Remarkably)

In large quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality)

Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff,  it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water.

Regardless, paper may go in one container,
glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a
third.

“What happened to Kate?”
“She must ………………. about our appointment.”

“I can’t swim very well.”

“I can’t ……………. .”