Question

Which of the following is NOT a method for living more sustainably on Earth?a) Repair products when it breaks or gets worn out. Many brand name companies including clothing and electronic stores offer repair services for you nowb) Reuse with refillable glass or stainless stell water bottles and by shopping with cloth bags at grocery and retail stores including malls.c) Refuse to use single-use products such as plastic grocery bags and takeout utensils including straws and condiments for ketchup and soy sauce.d) Recycle by using plastic shopping bags to dispose paper/plastics/bags/metals into blue bins and composting organic waste into green bins.e) Reduce by shopping only in-store (online shipping orders have escess packaging) and buying only essential costumer products (not the latest fashion in clothing or the newest model in electronics) or think about renting seasonal items rather than buying it.

Answer 1

Sustainability is about maintaining the ecosystem diverse and productive, even attending the needs of production for humanity as well.

In order to do so, it's important to be careful about the disposal of any types of trash. So, avoiding to dispose of trash unnecessarily is really important, therefore A is correct. It is also important to avoid creating unnecessary trash, what happens when we chose to consume only water from plastic bottles, for example, instead of using reusable bottles. This means that B is also correct. Talking about not creating unnecessary trash, C is also correct, because it talks about avoiding single-use products. Also, avoiding the creation of unnecessary trash is related to E, because it's about avoiding excess packaging and/or avoid buying unnecessary items, reusing the same ones instead. Therefore, alternative D is incorrect, because while it talks about recycling it also incites the usage of plastic bags to dispose trash, which could be replaced by paper bags, for example.