Read the passage. [1] Marco was searching for a way to help the cafeteria reduce the amount of trash it produced every day. [2] He suggested
composting. [3] Marco's homeroom teacher thought composting was a great idea. [4) A dedicated environmentalist himself. (5) Marco wrote a
proposal. [6] A few days later, he presented his proposal to the principal. [7] within a month, the cafeteria was composting leftover food.

The city expects the new food-scraps collection program to divert about 3,000 tons from landfills annually, helping the city achieve its goal of having "zero waste" going to landfills by 2021. (More than half of the material placed in residential garbage -- 5,000 tons -- is compostable, according to a city report.)

Explanation:

not exaxtly

explanation: it depends on the situation like if u do something good there will be good consequences which arent punishments but if you do somthing bad there will be bad consequences which are punishements.

well stockyards mean a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted. and i'm assuming that by party you   mean a large group of people which does make sense because chicago is a very crowded place much like new york. stockyards tend to take up a lot of room due to needing the area for pens to keep animals in and the fact that stockyards are usually right by slaughterhouse where they process and distribute the product. so its much like a zoo but with some dead animal products close by.