One benefit of recycling is that it reduces the amount of trash in our nation’s landfills. __________, recycling conserves natural resources, such as timber and water.

What signal word best fills in the blank to connect these two sentences?

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then
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Question

One benefit of recycling is that it reduces the amount of trash in our nation’s landfills. __________, recycling conserves natural resources, such as timber and water.

What signal word best fills in the blank to connect these two sentences?

also
then
because
however

Mercury · Answer

hm. it looks like they're giving two separate reasons why conserving is a good idea. there doesn't seem to be a chronological connection or a cause and effect

that being said what might the best choice be?