In the second paragraph, the phrase "what hammering a nail is to halting a falling skyscraper" means:

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Option 1: relying on emerging technologies to mitigate the ill effects of plastic pollution.

Option 2: encouraging firms to produce plastics responsibly.

Option 3: focusing on consumer behaviour to tackle the problem of plastics pollution.

Option 4: focusing on single-use plastic bags to reduce the plastic footprint.

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The analogy says recycling (a consumer act) is as inadequate for saving the Earth as a single hammered nail is for stopping a collapsing skyscraper. It criticises relying on individual consumer behaviour to solve plastic pollution, option C.

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