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A group of fourth graders witnessed firsthand proof that one person's junk is another person's treasure. Weekly Reader joined the students on their recent visit to the Garbage Museum in Stratford, Connecticut, where a giant, multicolored dinosaur molded out of garbage towered
above them.
Trash-o-saurus was sculpted out of a ton of trash! That is equal to 2,000 pounds of garbage—the amount of trash each person, on average, throws away each year. Philadelphia artist Leo Sewell
scoured city dumps and created Trash-o-saurus out of old junk, from false teeth and license plates to toys, tires, and tennis rackets. "I think the dinosaur is one of the coolest things I've ever seen," said
fourth grader Jahkwe Aquart from Park City Magnet School in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His classmate Julie Pham, 9, agreed. "Instead of throwing away our garbage, we can reuse it."

That is exactly the point. "The museum shows what happens to our trash, how we can reduce our trash, and what we can do instead of throwing our trash away," said museum director Sotoria Montanari.

Garbage Trail

Today, Americans create more garbage than ever before. In the early 1900s, most items were packed in containers that could be used again. Now, most of the food we buy, from cereal to milk, comes in
boxes and cartons that can be thrown away. So what happens to trash after it is tossed out? Some trash ends up in landfills. In a landfill, garbage gets buried between layers of soil. Because many states are running out of room for landfills, more and more garbage goes to waste-to-energy (or resource-recovery) plants. At these plants, garbage is burned and converted into electricity that people use to power their lights, TVs, and video games.

The Three R's

Garbage is a form of solid waste. The Garbage Museum and its recycling plant, which are run by the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, provide visitors with ideas to cut down on solid waste. One way is to reduce, or make less, trash—by throwing away fewer napkins when you eat, for instance.
Another way is to reuse, or find new uses for, old items. Paper bags, for example, can be reused to make book covers or wrap gifts. People also help decrease their solid wastes when they recycle. Recycling refers to putting old objects, such as glass, plastic bottles, newspapers, and aluminum cans through a special process so they can be used again.

Recycling has many benefits. Did you know that recycled plastic softdrink bottles can be made into park benches, carpeting, and backpacks? The more people recycle, the less garbage ends up in
landfills or waste-to-energy plants.
Recycling also helps protect natural resources, or materials from Earth. To make an aluminum can from scratch, for example, the metal needs to be mined from the ground. That process harms the land and pollutes the air and water. Making aluminum cans from recycled cans uses 95 percent less energy and protects Earth's natural resources. In fact, the energy saved each year from recycled cans could light
Washington, D.C., for nearly four years!  As part of their visit, the fourth graders got a look at the museum's recycling center. Here, they discovered that one bale, or bundle, of recycled newspapers can save 17 trees! The message seems to have stuck with 9-year-old Arron Smith. "When you recycle, you save trees and animals' homes."

1. The author wrote this

a. to get towns to expand their recycling centers.
b. to get the reader to reuse, reduce and recycle.
c. to explain the problems with recycling.
d. to invite the reader to the Garbage Museum.

2. The following is an example of reduce:

a. bringing newspapers to a recycling center.
b. using plastic bags as small garbage bags.
c. using less water when you shower.
d. all of the above.

3. The following is an example of reuse:

a. use fewer napkins when you eat.
b. use less water when you brush your teeth.
c. bring cans back to a recycling center.
d. wash zip top bags after use so they can be used again.

4. People make more trash now than before. This is because

a. food has more packaging.
b. there are more people now than in the early 1900s.
c. there are more stores.
d. landfills are bigger