Either we recycle our trash or we will be inundated in garbage. Therefore, we will not be inundated in garbage, since we recycle our trash.
A) Disjunctive syllogism.
B) Destructive dilemma.
C) Pure hypothetical syllogism.
D) Modus ponens.
E) Invalid.

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The argument is invalid because it assumes that recycling alone will prevent being inundated in garbage without considering other factors that could contribute to the problem.

Either We Recycle Our Trash or We Will Be Inundated