Recycling is processing a used item into raw material so that something new can be made from it. Which of the following situations is the best example of recycling?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Old newspapers collected from homes are turned into pulp at a paper mill, and the pulp is used to make new cardboard boxes.
Recycling has three parts: the item is already used, it is processed into raw material, and that material is used to make something new.
In Option (1) old newspapers are turned into pulp, and the pulp becomes new cardboard boxes. All three parts are present.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (2) Rina washes an empty jam jar and uses it to keep her buttons in. — Incorrect. The jar is used again as it is; it is not processed into raw material.
Option (3) A glass factory makes new bottles from fresh sand dug out of a riverbed. — Incorrect. Fresh sand is not a used item.
Option (4) Rina gives her old school books to a younger student in her lane. — Incorrect. The books are passed on as they are; nothing is processed or made new.