Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil,gas,or coal-non-renewable natural resources . We (56)______ well over three million tones of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high (57))______ of our animal consumption is in the (58)______ of packaging and this (59) ______ about seven percent by weight,of our domestic(60) ______ . Almost all of it can be recycled ...

Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks

About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil,gas,or coal-non-renewable natural resources . We (56)______ well over three million tones of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high (57))______ of our animal consumption is in the (58)______ of packaging and this (59) ______ about seven percent by weight,of our domestic(60) ______ . Almost all of it can be recycled , but very little of it is ,though the plastic recycling (61)______ is growing fast . The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(62) ____ than coal and one (63)______ of “recovery” strongly(64)______ by plastic manufactures is the (65)______ of wast plastic into a fuel .

We (56)______ well over three million tones of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away