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TSI Reading: Comparing and Composting 6 Views


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We can conclude from the information in both passages that

(A)about 50 percent of waste could be composted
(B)landfills are overrun by wasted food scraps
(C)the effects of composting are unknown
(D)composting has a positive effect on the environment


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All right reading shmoop er's another paragraph for your single

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passages Connections comparisons in two passages that's the title of

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okay let's do the quick skin we got calm coast

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or getting caroline and songs have food scraps and our

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waste material Twenty three percent of these materials composted in

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the environment Todo all right then we just go to

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passage to we're going to a quick skim here Organic

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farmers you know he's confident nutrient rich garden in a

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nutrient rich You must send a plane for the air

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it's the groundbreaking compounds and erosion All right what We

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can conclude from the information in both passages That what

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Well the thing about it from the details in both

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text we can conclude that composting has a positive effect

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on the environment Why Well it reduces methane It says

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right there helps the land and controls erosion basically it's

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awesome it's going to be one of the x men

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like come postman about that can't be good right So

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the answer is the composting has a positive effect on

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the environment and loser bowl here Well according to first

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passage food scraps in yard waste makeup in twenty thirty

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percent of ways not fifty percent say you got to

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get the numbers right there reed reed Also landfills are

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overrun by waste but blaming this all on food scraps

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is a stretch The first passage doesn't make and finally

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both tex cover obvious benefits of composting so its effects

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are far from unknown So you get rid of us

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even to so yeah it's deke poor shmoop and we're 00:01:25.388 --> [endTime] composted

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