D. jack did not keep the fire going
The answer is monster, as the text itself even compares it to a monster.
"The USS Alabama, built in 1942, is a monster weighing in at 35,000 tons."
Many of it is ending up in landfills and were not recycling enough of it.
Ethos! Ethos is an argument that appeals to the audience by emphasizing the speaker's credibility and authority.
