Discards have been used by the Garbage Project to study ______. A: the proportion of materials which break down within landfills B: how much people eat and drink in their daily lives C: the fluids that leak out of MSW landfills D: how to compose the landfill wasters
Discards have been used by the Garbage Project to study ______. A: the proportion of materials which break down within landfills B: how much people eat and drink in their daily lives C: the fluids that leak out of MSW landfills D: how to compose the landfill wasters
The flow of solid waste that is recycled, incinerated, disposed of in landfills or by other methods is known as the A: waste basket. B: waste river. C: 5 gyres. D: waste stream. E: e-waste.
The flow of solid waste that is recycled, incinerated, disposed of in landfills or by other methods is known as the A: waste basket. B: waste river. C: 5 gyres. D: waste stream. E: e-waste.
One of the biggest environmentla problems associated with landfills is the A: increase in disease organisms B: leachage groundwater contamination C: settling process D: partial degratation of waste E: addition of greenhouse gases
One of the biggest environmentla problems associated with landfills is the A: increase in disease organisms B: leachage groundwater contamination C: settling process D: partial degratation of waste E: addition of greenhouse gases
废弃塑料是一个严重且日益严重的环境问题。不到10%的塑料被回收利用，大部分被丢弃在垃圾填埋场（landfills），焚烧，或直接丢弃。一次性塑料（single-use plastics）约占塑料垃圾的一半。虽然大多数塑料是在陆地上使用和最初处理的，但有很多最终会进入水生生态系统。
废弃塑料是一个严重且日益严重的环境问题。不到10%的塑料被回收利用，大部分被丢弃在垃圾填埋场（landfills），焚烧，或直接丢弃。一次性塑料（single-use plastics）约占塑料垃圾的一半。虽然大多数塑料是在陆地上使用和最初处理的，但有很多最终会进入水生生态系统。
In 1993. New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage (饮料) containers. Within a year. Consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw materials for new products. But because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills (垃圾填埋场). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for second-hand plastic. Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled (回收利用) in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc. As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard until somebody figures out how to give it a second life-and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials. Shrinking landfill space, and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to saving of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.
In 1993. New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage (饮料) containers. Within a year. Consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw materials for new products. But because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills (垃圾填埋场). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for second-hand plastic. Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled (回收利用) in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc. As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard until somebody figures out how to give it a second life-and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials. Shrinking landfill space, and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to saving of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.