Reading Comprehension Workshop
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Reading Comprehension Workshop
A second life for the bottles
On Saturday morning, Tane, Mere and Ari arrived at the community hall to help with a recycling drive. The organisers had a fundraising target for the drive. At first, the sorting area was confusing: some people had brought glass, while others had mixed paper and cans into the same boxes. Mere suggested setting up three clearly marked tubs and asking a volunteer to check each item. Tane made signs showing what belonged in each tub. Ari noticed that several bottles still had liquid inside, so the team added a rinse station beside the tubs. The small changes made the line move faster, and fewer items had to be sorted twice. By midday, the team had collected 48 kilograms of paper, 35 kilograms of cans and 62 kilograms of plastic bottles. The bottles were the heaviest group, but the organisers explained that weight was not the only measure of success. Clean, correctly sorted materials were more likely to be recycled well. At the end of the drive, the volunteers counted the items that had to be thrown away because they were dirty or in the wrong container: just 6 kilograms. Tane felt proud of the total, but Mere was especially pleased that people had learned how to sort their recycling. Ari suggested making the signs available for the next drive. “If people know what to do before they arrive,” he said, “we can spend less time fixing mistakes and more time helping useful materials find a second life.”
Material
Collected (kg)
Paper
48
Cans
35
Plastic bottles
62
Understand the report
Answer using the report. When asked for evidence, include a detail from the text.
- The materials will be reused or turned into new products.
- The materials will be hidden away in storage.
- The materials will be collected a second time.
- The materials will become more valuable by getting heavier.
Read between the lines
Use details from the report to support your thinking.
- A well-organised recycling drive depends on correct sorting as well as collecting a large amount.
- Plastic bottles are always the easiest material to recycle.
- A recycling drive should only collect cans and paper.
- The most important part of a community event is finishing quickly.
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