This is because plastic and other inorganic materials must be removed from the compost pile or they will pollute the soil. There's a lot of plastic in the garbage, which makes it hard to compost on a large scale.
The correct answer is (C) wishing I'll on others.
The Victorian theme is describing city life and people in the city. What is more important and more victorian about this is that it speaks of Paris and the french revolution, in a disparaging tone, which was pretty common in the Victorian era, as high ranked people in the society despised the french revolution as they feared it would transfer to Britain and in turn ruin their aristocracy.