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Reading Comprehension: What Won Public Support PwC, SDE on-campus assessment (HirePro platform). Group: English , Section: Reading Comprehension . 1 mark. Exactly one correct option. --- Q1. _(Reading Comprehension)_ Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows. There may be more than one question(s) based on the below passage. In a coastal town reliant on tourism, the council banned single-use plastics and introduced a deposit-return scheme for bottles. Hoteliers complained of rising costs; fishermen worried that deposit stations near the harbour would slow early-morning departures. Yet within a season, beaches were visibly cleaner, and a local startup began converting collected plastics into durable benches for the promenade. Visitors posted photos of the "circular seafront," and bookings recovered, though margins remained tight. The council then faced a harder choice: expand the scheme to include take-away containers, or pause to consolidate. Environm