Refuse and Recycling
Vocabulary: Find the "odd one out"
There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.
Possible answers
1. Waste Transfer Station — Waste Transfer Station is the odd one out because a bus station and railway station are places where passengers use public transport, whereas a waste transfer station is a facility for handling and transferring waste.
2. Materials Recovery Facility — Materials Recovery Facility is the odd one out because dump and tip can refer to places where waste is disposed of, whereas a Materials Recovery Facility is designed to sort and recover recyclable materials.
3. scent — Scent is the odd one out because it often suggests a pleasant or distinctive smell, whereas odour and smell can refer to unpleasant smells as well as smells generally.
4. reuse — Reuse is the odd one out because recycling and reclaiming normally involve recovering or processing material so that it can be used again, whereas reuse means using an item again without necessarily processing it.
5. reassign — Reassign is the odd one out because repurpose and reprocess involve giving material or an object another use or processing it again, whereas reassign normally means giving something a different person, role or allocation.
6. drink cans — Drink cans are the odd one out because cartons and Tetra Paks are forms of carton-based packaging, whereas drink cans are metal containers.
7. compostable waste — Compostable waste is the odd one out because black bag waste and non-recyclable waste are generally treated as residual waste, whereas compostable waste can be processed into compost or collected separately for organic recycling.