What is the purpose of the following detail from the passage? "For instance, in Germany, containers are placed in railway stations to collect items for recycling.."

A.
to give an example of how recycling programs exist in countries around the world
B.
to give an example of ways that metals are recycled and made into new products
C.
to give an example of how someone may choose to recycle
D.
to give an example of how trash companies have expanded into the business of recycling

The correct answer is A. To give an example of how recycling programs exist in countries around the world.

Explanation

The text is about the importance of recycling and how it helps to reuse some materials such as plastic, metal, and paper. It also reduces air and water pollution and prevents potentially recyclable materials from being wasted. In one of his paragraphs the autor refers to how recycling has been implemented worldwide by saying "Recycling programs exist in many countries around the world" and later he gives an example of this by saying "For instance, in Germany, containers are placed in railway stations to collect items for recycling ...". According to the above, it can be interpreted that the use of this example is to reference the implementation of recycling worldwide. So the correct answer is A. To give an example of how recycling programs exist in countries around the world.

this is b. how railways dealt with people riding the trains without paying

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.