Looking after the environment: Life in the UK test revision
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Which of these is a benefit of recycling commonly described?
Less rubbish goes into landfill.
The handbook asks you to recycle as much of your waste as you can, and gives three reasons. Making products from recycled material uses less energy. It avoids digging up more raw materials. And it means less rubbish is created, so less ends up in landfill. Websites for each UK nation explain what you can recycle.
Why it matters: Tests may ask which reason for recycling the handbook actually gives.
Memory hook: Three wins from recycling: less energy, fewer raw materials, less landfill.
Official handbook: Chapter 5, section 5.8, page 95
Why does buying products locally reduce your carbon footprint?
The products do not have to travel as far.
Where you shop matters to your community and the planet. Buying local products helps businesses and farmers in your area and across Britain. It also cuts your carbon footprint, because goods that are made nearby do not need to be transported long distances. Two good outcomes from one simple habit.
Why it matters: Links community support and the environment in a single cause-and-effect fact.
Memory hook: Short journey, small footprint: local goods travel less.
Official handbook: Chapter 5, section 5.8, page 95
Why is walking or using public transport good for the environment?
It creates less pollution than using a car.
The handbook's final piece of environmental advice is about how you get around. Walking or taking a bus or train whenever you can creates less pollution than driving. Alongside recycling and shopping locally, it is one of three everyday ways the handbook suggests you can respect and preserve the environment.
Why it matters: Rounds off the environment section and echoes the shared responsibility to preserve the environment.
Memory hook: Feet and fleets beat the car seat: walk or ride to pollute less.
Official handbook: Chapter 5, section 5.8, page 95
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