The town of Greenfield recently

Answer choices

1. A

   Supported3% picked this

   sort out recyclable trash thoroughly from their

   This would reduce the volume of trash you set out for collection because it would no longer include your recyclables.

   3%
2. B

   Supported34% picked this

   dump nonrecyclable trash illegally at parks

   This would reduce the volume of trash you set out for collection because you'd be leaving your trash other places instead. This one can be tempting because it's reasonable to think a tax wouldn't intentionally incentivize illegal behavior. But the intent of the tax isn't actually relevant. We're only evaluating whether the tax does or does not reward the behavior.

   34%
3. C

   Supported3% picked this

   compress and nest items of nonrecyclable trash before putting them out

   This would reduce the volume of trash you set out for collection. Volume is a measure of how much space something takes up. Compressing items (e.g. flattening them out or balling them up small) reduces volume. Nesting items (putting a smaller item into a bigger one) also reduces volume. These practices are therefore incentivized.

   3%
4. D

   Correct57% picked this

   deliver recyclable materials to the recycling center instead of passing them on to neighbors who

   Why this is right

   Sure, sending your recyclables to the center would reduce the volume of trash you set out for collection. But so would passing it to neighbors. Because both behaviors would reduce the volume of trash equally, the tax doesn't incentivize one over the other.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   57%
5. E

   Supported3% picked this

   buy products without packaging or with recyclable rather than

   This would reduce the volume of trash you set out for collection because it would no longer include packaging trash.

   3%