Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Rubbish, and how we choose to ___(1)___ ________ it, affects the environment and everything around us, including the air, water, land, plants and man-made things. We need a healthy environment for our health, so we can understand why effective management of rubbish is important. Everyone needs to learn about and practice the three Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle – to make our world a safe and healthy place.
First, we must buy and use less and we should choose items ___(2)___ ________are with minimal packaging. Second, we should reuse things as much as possible and pass items on to others who can use them when they are no longer of use to us. Finally, we should recycle everything once its usefulness is over so they can be made into new items. Making new items from recycled ones takes less energy and fewer resources than making products from ___(3)___ ________ materials. Just about anything that cannot be reused can be recycled into something else. You’d be amazed what can be done with a recycled product! ___(4)___ ________, a recycled plastic bottle can be made into hundreds of other plastic goods that can be used for ___(5)___ ________years.