Household Waste Recycling 讲座
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Question 1
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12.5%
The agreed targets for the UK mean that by 2008 we must reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by 12.5%, compared with 1990.
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Question 2
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incineration plants|INCINERATION PLANTS
And recycling can help to achieve that goal, in two main ways: the production of recycled glass and paper uses much less energy than producing them from virgin materials, and also recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions from landfill sites and incineration plants.
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Question 3
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drop-off|DROP-OFF
One problem is that there aren't enough 'drop - off' sites, that is, the places where the public are supposed to take their waste.
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Question 4
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cooking|COOKING
Another difficulty is that toughened glass used for cooking doesn't fully melt at the temperature required for other glass, and so that also has to be picked out by hand.
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Question 5
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500000|5 hundred thousand|five hundred thousand
Two million tons of glass is thrown away each year, that is, seven billion bottles and jars; but only 500.000 tons of that is collected and recycled.
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Question 6
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roads|ROADS
A company called CLF Aggregates makes a product for roads, and 30% of the material is crushed glass.
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Question 7
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soil conditioner|SOIL CONDITIONER
One firm, Papersave, currently sells this to farmers as a soil conditioner, though this practice will soon be banned because of transport costs and the smell, and the company is looking into the possibility of alternative uses.
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Question 8
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containers|CONTAINERS
Pacrite recycles all sorts of things, from bottles to car bumpers, and one of its most successful activities is recycling plastic bottles to make containers which are used all over the country to collect waste.
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Question 9
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pencils|PENCILS
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Question 10
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business cards|BUSINESS CARDS
At the moment 500 million polycups are collected, processed and sold on to other businesses, such as Waterford, which turns the cups into pencils, and Johnson& Jones, a Welsh - based firm, which has developed a wide variety of items, including business cards.