Question 10 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

W: Why is it important to recycle?

M: There are many reasons. Recycling is one way to keep waste out of landfills. Landfills are places to dump waste. (9) But they are unpopular, because they can pollute the soil used to cover them and that’s bad for people who may build new homes there. Recycling also reuses valuable raw materials, such as aluminum and paper. Finally, recycling can leave a lower garbage bill. Recycling lowers the amount of waste put into landfills, therefore, less money is spent for garbage disposal.

W: How has recycling changed over the years?

M: (10) Ten or twenty years ago, you could buy milk in returnable, refillable, glass bottles, and many people recycled voluntarily. Now you buy milk and other products in plastic bottles or paper containers. Because of the high cost of disposing of these things in landfills, many city governments now have recycling programs.

W: How does recycling help the environment?

M: (11) Recycling helps the environment mainly by saving energy. For example, it takes 95 percent less energy to produce recycled aluminum than to produce new aluminum.

W: Can one person really make a difference? If only a few people recycle, then what’s the point?

M: If not you, then who? (12) If we combine our efforts, we can make a difference. Each of us contributes to the waste problem. All the millions of tons of waste that go into landfills started as an old pair of slippers, a broken TV set, or a used magazine that came from somebody’s house—maybe yours!

(10). What does the man say has contributed to the increasing amount of waste over the years?

解析：推理判断题。题目为：根据男士所说，什么助长了近年来垃圾数量的大幅增长？根据原文Ten or twenty years ago, you could buy milk in returnable, refillable, glass bottles, and many people recycle voluntarily. Now you buy milk and other products in plastic bottles or paper containers.可知，十年或二十年前，你可以买装在玻璃瓶里的牛奶，牛奶瓶可以归还和重新装满，很多人也自愿参加回收。现在买的牛奶都装在塑料瓶或纸盒子里。对话中列举了plastic bottles和paper containers，这些都可以概括为B选项的packaging materials（包装材料），因此选B。