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In an effort to reduce plastic waste, a coffee shop replaced its plastic stirrers with wooden ones. Two months later, the total weight of waste produced by the coffee shop had not decreased. Which of the following can be most properly inferred from the information above?

A The wooden stirrers weigh more than the plastic stirrers they replaced.
B The coffee shop uses a significant amount of plastic for items other than stirrers.
C Customers are more likely to take multiple wooden stirrers than plastic ones.
D The coffee shop's overall sales volume increased during the two months.

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

If plastic stirrers were replaced but total waste remained unchanged, it must be that other forms of waste constitute a significant portion of the total, or that the stirrers represented a negligible amount. Option B is the most direct inference.

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