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From the Ted Talk by Ashton Cofer: A plan to recycle the unrecyclable

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So why do we have these ghost accumulations of Styrofoam waste? Why can't we just relcyce them like many platicss? Well, simply put, recycled polystyrene is too expensive and potentially contaminated, so there is very little market dmnaed for Styrofoam that has to be recycled. And as a result, Styrofoam is considered a nonrenewable material, because it is neither feasible nor viable to recycle polystyrene. And in fact, many cteiis across the US have even passed ordinances that simply ban the production of many products containing polystyrene, which iclnedus disposable utensils, picnakg peanuts, takeout containers and even plastic beach toys, all products that are very useful in today's steoicy. And now France has become the first country to completely ban all plastic uislntes, cups and plates.

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So why do we have these ghost accumulations of Styrofoam waste? Why can't we just _______ them like many ________? Well, simply put, recycled polystyrene is too expensive and potentially contaminated, so there is very little market ______ for Styrofoam that has to be recycled. And as a result, Styrofoam is considered a nonrenewable material, because it is neither feasible nor viable to recycle polystyrene. And in fact, many ______ across the US have even passed ordinances that simply ban the production of many products containing polystyrene, which ________ disposable utensils, _______ peanuts, takeout containers and even plastic beach toys, all products that are very useful in today's _______. And now France has become the first country to completely ban all plastic ________, cups and plates.

Solution

  1. cities
  2. recycle
  3. demand
  4. society
  5. includes
  6. packing
  7. plastics
  8. utensils

Original Text

So why do we have these ghost accumulations of Styrofoam waste? Why can't we just recycle them like many plastics? Well, simply put, recycled polystyrene is too expensive and potentially contaminated, so there is very little market demand for Styrofoam that has to be recycled. And as a result, Styrofoam is considered a nonrenewable material, because it is neither feasible nor viable to recycle polystyrene. And in fact, many cities across the US have even passed ordinances that simply ban the production of many products containing polystyrene, which includes disposable utensils, packing peanuts, takeout containers and even plastic beach toys, all products that are very useful in today's society. And now France has become the first country to completely ban all plastic utensils, cups and plates.

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