Question

recycling -- by ezekiel
body paragraph 3
glass is a material that seems made to be recycled, yet it still fills our landfills.__________an important reason to recycle glass is the cost. old glass can be recycled into new glass over and over and over again. you can even recycle glass right inside the comfort of your home.
which piece of research should be used to fill in the blank?
in 2018, only 25 percent of the glass produced in the united states was recovered for recycling.
paper is simple to recycle since most communities already have recycling centers for paper.
the bottoms of plastic containers have a triangle symbol to tell what kind of plastic they are.

Explanation:

The paragraph is about glass recycling. The first option provides data related to glass recycling (only 25 percent of US - produced glass was recycled in 2018), which is relevant to the topic of glass in landfills and glass recycling. The second option is about paper recycling and the third is about plastic recycling, neither of which are relevant to the glass - focused paragraph.

Answer:

In 2018, only 25 percent of the glass produced in the United States was recovered for recycling.