Unit22
Reduce,Reuse,Recycle
Individuals,groupsandanizatiorivingtoachievezeroroduthebacklash(对抗性的反应)againstthedisposablesociety。
Drinksgrecycled。TheUKtlyrecycles27%ofhousehold>
Pioneeredienyearsago,ZeroWasteisaradicalbutsimpleapproachtolitter。Itmeansthathrownawayibin—weohingswereuse,repost(堆肥)。Aswellasredugthedamagethatwedotoourecouldalsohelpsavemoney。
Lastyear6。2milliontonesoffoodwasteweresenttolandfillsinBritain。LandfillistheworsteionforrodutheUKasthemethaproducesisastronggreenhousegas—21timesstrohanCO2。
&eacher,BetsyReid,fromSuffolkisazeroaighadthebinmenroundfor5weeksasthereisrarelyeveranythiocollect。
Whatshe’treuseorrecycleisrotteddowilepostforherflarden。Inthehousesheshareswithhusband,othingisthrownawaythatcouldbeusedagain。
Waxedinnerlinersfromcerealpacketsareusedtosagrownjumper(工作服)becameadogbed,andshealwayscutsthetopsofftoothpastetubestogetouteverylastsqueeze。
“WheierInearlyweep,”saysMrsReid。“WhatcouldIuseitfor?Icoulduseitforlotsofthirays—butIhavegotenough。Plasticdoesbreakdownbutitdoesn’tturnbaythingusefulforhundreds,possiblythousandsofyears。”
TheGreenPartyis,unsurprisingly,akeenadvocateofzerowastebutit’sanappraingroundamonglocalauthorities,astheUKseekswaystodramaticallyreducetheamountofwastesenttolandfill。
In2001,Bath&SomersetcilbecamethefirstlocalauthorityioadoptaZeroledge。Itslong-termvisioewastealtogether,ratherthansimplyma。
DurieWeek2006theaoreducetheamountofwasteby75%。
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thatifyoumakeenoughges,itispossibletoproduceabsolutelyheaimofthisgeistoseehowcloseyouget。
Grassranizationsareflonthebackdrive。IndividualsandgroupsareiakingadvantagewebsiteFreecyetintheUSin2003towasteredudisnowverypopularintheUK。
Freeatchpeoplewhohavethiogetridofwithpeoplewhousethem。Theirgoalistokeepusableitemsoutoflandfills。ItemsavailablefintheUKareasdiverseasgrandpianosandfour-posterbeds。
TheLondon2012OlympicGameswillalsobeimplementingapoliizewasteatsource,maximizeredusewastematerialsasenergysources。
Throughoutthegames,wastewillbetreatedasaresourcetobereddivertedint,postorergyprodu。
&ivewillbetodivertallwasteawayfromlandfillduringtheGames。Everyvenuewillalsofeatureaionaswellasregfacilities。
BytheheUKmaybealotfurtherdowoagzerorodu。
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1。dispose(of)v。处理,处置
&knowhowtodisposeofhissparetime。
他不知道怎样安排业余时间。
Hisjobisnotonlytodisposeofproblemsbut(also)tomeetuedges。
他的工作不仅要处理难题而且也要应付突来的挑战。
﹡disposableadj。可(任意)处理的,用后就扔弃的Disposablepaperbagshavebeendeveloped。
一种用后即可废弃的纸袋被设计出来了。
2。radical1)adj。激进的;根本的2)n。激进分子1)Idoheschoolofthoughtthatfavorsradige。
我不属于激进派。
Theycalledforaradiofourtaxsystem。
他们要求对税收制度进行根本改革。
2)Tedisafire-eatingradical。
泰德是个咄咄逼人的激进份子。
3。approach1)v。靠近;动手处理2)n。途径,方法1)Thetimeisapproawemustthinkaboutbuyinganewhouse。
我们要想一想买新房子的事了,时机即将来临。