medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
The city's new recycling initiative has been a resounding success. Since its implementation last year, the total volume of waste sent to the local landfill has decreased by 25%. Clearly, the initiative has changed the residents' disposal habits.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
- Around the same time, the city began shipping a large share of its non-recyclable trash to a landfill in a neighboring state.
- Taking part in the recycling program is optional, and residents face no penalty for ignoring it.
- Surveys show that residents have felt noticeably more environmentally conscious since the initiative began.
- Running the recycling initiative has cost nearly 10% more than the city originally budgeted.
- No other city in the region has achieved a comparable reduction in landfill waste.
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