Question

consider this claim: bottled water is wasteful and should be avoided. which is the strongest evidence to support the claim? each year, the average american purchases more than one hundred fifty bottles of water but recycles only about forty. filtered tap water tastes the same as bottled water. a senior scientist at an environmental advocacy group said there is
o reason to believe that bottled water is safer than tap water.\

Explanation:

The claim is about bottled water being wasteful. The first option provides data on high purchase and low recycling of bottled water, directly relating to wastefulness. The second option is about taste (not waste). The third option is about safety (not waste).

Answer:

Each year, the average American purchases more than one hundred fifty bottles of water but recycles only about forty.