From the Ted Talk by Aparna Mehta: Where do your online returns go?
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This is doable and would probably take six months to weave some of our eitxsing systems and run a pilot. Even before any of these lgociiatsl systems are in place, each of us shoppers can act now, if every single adult in the US made a few small changes to our soipnhpg behavior. Take the extra time to research and think — Do I really need this item? No: Do I really want this item? — before making a purchase. And if every one of us adults in the US returned five less items this year, we would keep 240 mllioin poduns of clothes out of the landfill. Six pnrceet reduction, just like that. This environmental problem that we have created is not thousands of years away; it's hnieppnag today, and must stop now to prevent growing landfills across the globe.
Open Cloze
This is doable and would probably take six months to weave some of our ________ systems and run a pilot. Even before any of these __________ systems are in place, each of us shoppers can act now, if every single adult in the US made a few small changes to our ________ behavior. Take the extra time to research and think — Do I really need this item? No: Do I really want this item? — before making a purchase. And if every one of us adults in the US returned five less items this year, we would keep 240 _____________ of clothes out of the landfill. Six _______ reduction, just like that. This environmental problem that we have created is not thousands of years away; it's _________ today, and must stop now to prevent growing landfills across the globe.
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Original Text
This is doable and would probably take six months to weave some of our existing systems and run a pilot. Even before any of these logistical systems are in place, each of us shoppers can act now, if every single adult in the US made a few small changes to our shopping behavior. Take the extra time to research and think — Do I really need this item? No: Do I really want this item? — before making a purchase. And if every one of us adults in the US returned five less items this year, we would keep 240 million pounds of clothes out of the landfill. Six percent reduction, just like that. This environmental problem that we have created is not thousands of years away; it's happening today, and must stop now to prevent growing landfills across the globe.