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From the Ted Talk by Aparna Nancherla: The joy of taking out the trash
Unscramble the Blue Letters
China used to import a lot of the US's recyclables, but they stopped accepting foreign garbage in 2018 as part of a pollution ban. Whatever happened to one country's trash is another country's treasure? Now, a lot of US recycling goes straight to ldlaiflns. The EPA says that only 10 pencert of plastic has ever been recycled. Not that this is about me, but this balloons my anxiety the size of the giant pfciaic grabgae ptach way out in the ocean where we'll all eventually go for our next destination wedding.
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China used to import a lot of the US's recyclables, but they stopped accepting foreign garbage in 2018 as part of a pollution ban. Whatever happened to one country's trash is another country's treasure? Now, a lot of US recycling goes straight to _________. The EPA says that only 10 _______ of plastic has ever been recycled. Not that this is about me, but this balloons my anxiety the size of the giant _______ _______ _____ way out in the ocean where we'll all eventually go for our next destination wedding.
Solution
- landfills
- pacific
- percent
- garbage
- patch
Original Text
China used to import a lot of the US's recyclables, but they stopped accepting foreign garbage in 2018 as part of a pollution ban. Whatever happened to one country's trash is another country's treasure? Now, a lot of US recycling goes straight to landfills. The EPA says that only 10 percent of plastic has ever been recycled. Not that this is about me, but this balloons my anxiety the size of the giant Pacific garbage patch way out in the ocean where we'll all eventually go for our next destination wedding.
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