【Mostofthethingsaroundyouwillbereplacedorthrownawaysomeday.Wherewilltheygowhentheyarethrownout?Whatkindsofwastewilltheycreate,andhowwillitaffecttheenvironmentMostofourcrashgoestoplacescalledlandfills.A】
Mostofthethingsaroundyouwillbereplacedorthrownawaysomeday.Wherewilltheygowhentheyarethrownout?Whatkindsofwastewilltheycreate,andhowwillitaffecttheenvironment
Mostofourcrashgoestoplacescalledlandfills.ALANDFILLisalowareaoflandthatisfilledwithgarbage（垃圾）.Mostmodernlandfillsarelinedwithacoverofplastictokeepdangerousliquids（液体）frompollutingearthandgroundwatersupply.Theproblemisthatmorethanhalfofthestatesinthiscountryarerunningoutofplacestolandfilltheirgarbage.Becauseoftheunhealthymaterials,landfillsdonotmakegoodneighbors，andpeopledon’twanttolivenearthem.Manylandfillsaresetinpoorneighborhoods.
TheFreshKillslandfillonStatenIsland,NewYork,wasthelargestgarbagelandfillintheworld.Foryears,peoplewholivenearbycomplainedaboutairandwaterpollutioncausedbytheenormouspileoftrash.Theysaythatthesmokehavemadepeoplesick.Thelandfillclosedin
April2001.Nowcanaharmfulwaste—materialthatcanpolluteair,land,andwater–bedisposedofinasafeway.
Anotherwaytogetridoftrashistoburnit.Trashisburnedinanincinerator._Becauseincineratorsinoperationcangetridofalmostallofthetrash,somecommunitieswouldratheruseincineratorsthanlandfills.Thereisaproblem,though.Leftoverashandsmokefromburningtrashmayhavedangerouschemicals,andevenmakeithardforsomepeopletobreathe.Theycanharmplants,animals,andpeople.
Youcanhelpreduce（减少）wastebyreusingbottles,batteries,andpaper.Youcanalsorecyclenewspaper,glass,andplasticsttoprovidematerialsformakingotherproducts.
Fromrecycledmaterials,manythingsaremade.Forexample,fromrecycledpaperwecangetnewspapers,boxesandsoon.Fromrecycledplasticwecangetsodabottles,tables,andbackpacks.
小题1:Whydon’tlandfillsmakegoodneighbors?A．Becausethereareunhealthymaterialsinthem.B．Becausepeopleprefertoliveinthecitycenter.C．Becauselandfillsarenotbigenoughfortrash.D．Becausemoststatesarerunningoutofplaces.小题2:Whatdoestheunderlinedword“incinerator”_probablymean?
