GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 6

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One variety of partially biodegradable plastic beverage container is manufactured from small bits of plastic bound together by a degradable bonding agent such as cornstarch. Since only the bonding agent degrades, leaving the small bits of plastic, no less plastic refuse per container is produced when such containers are discarded than when comparable non-biodegradable containers are discarded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?

Both partially biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic beverage containers can be crushed completely flat by refuse compactors.
The partially biodegradable plastic beverage containers are made with more plastic than comparable non-biodegradable ones in order to compensate for the weakening effect of the bounding agents.
Many consumers are ecology-minded and prefer to buy a product sold in the partially biodegradable plastic beverage containers rather than in non-biodegradable containers, even if the price is higher.
The manufacturing process for the partially biodegradable plastic beverage containers results in less plastic waste than the manufacturing process for non-biodegradable plastic beverage containers.
Technological problems with recycling currently prevent the reuse as food or beverage containers of the plastic from either type of plastic beverage container.

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