11. What examples does the author use to illustrate the mea that converting tonnass to other forms of energy might help the environment?

a. "The major advantage of burning waste is that it reduces the amount of material that we bary in
landfills." (paragraph 16)

b. "About 85% of our
household trash is material that will burn, and most of that is biogenic, or
material that is made from biomass (plant or animal products)." (paragraph 13)

c. "Today, we can burn MSW in special waste to energy plants and use its heat energy to make stezen
to heat buildings to generate electricity" (paragraph 14)

D. Biomass fuels provided about 4% of the energy used in the United States in 2011." (paragraph 7)