When you think about recycling, you probably think about putting paper, plastic, and glass in a special bin. These items are taken away to be used again. (1) _______ some people choose not to recycle. Others can't recycle (2) _______ there are no recycling programs where they live. But what if you could get paid for recycling? (3) _______ places have "bottle deposit" programs. This means that every time you buy a bottle or can, an extra five (or ten or fifteen) cents is built into the ...

When you think about recycling, you probably think about putting paper, plastic, and glass in a special bin. These items are taken away to be used again. (1) _______ some people choose not to recycle. Others can't recycle (2) _______ there are no recycling programs where they live. But what if you could get paid for recycling?

(3) _______ places have "bottle deposit" programs. This means that every time you buy a bottle or can, an extra five (or ten or fifteen) cents is built into the price. When you are done with the container, you can return it to the store. You get your five cents back. The store will then (4) _______ the container for you.

These programs encourage people to recycle every container they possibly can. But in the United States, only 10 states have bottle deposit programs. Introducing more bottle deposit programs would be (5) _______ easy way to increase recycling rates in the USA.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 15.