Mostofthethingsaroundyouwillbereplacedorthrownawaysomeday.Wherewilltheygowhentheyarethrownout?Whatkindsofwastewilltheycreateandhowwillitaffecttheenvironment
Mostofourcrashgoestoplacescalledlandfills.ALANDFILLisalowareaoflandthatisfilledwithgarbage(垃圾).Mostmodernlandfillsarelinedwithacoverofplastictokeepdangerousliquids(液体)frompollutingearthandgroundwatersupply.Theproblemisthatmorethanhalfofthestatesinthiscountryarerunningoutofplacestolandfilltheirgarbage.Becauseoftheunhealthymaterialslandfillsdonotmakegoodneighbors,andpeopledon’twanttolivenearthem.Manylandfillsaresetinpoorneighborhoods.
TheFreshKillslandfillonStatenIslandNewYorkwasthelargestgarbagelandfillintheworld.Foryearspeoplewholivenearbycomplainedaboutairandwaterpollutioncausedbytheenormouspileoftrash.Theysaythatthesmokehavemadepeoplesick.Thelandfillclosedin
April2001.Nowcanaharmfulwaste—materialthatcanpolluteairlandandwater–bedisposedofinasafeway.
Anotherwaytogetridoftrashistoburnit.Trashisburnedinanincinerator._Becauseincineratorsinoperationcangetridofalmostallofthetrashsomecommunitieswouldratheruseincineratorsthanlandfills.Thereisaproblemthough.Leftoverashandsmokefromburningtrashmayhavedangerouschemicalsandevenmakeithardforsomepeopletobreathe.Theycanharmplantsanimalsandpeople.
Youcanhelpreduce(减少)wastebyreusingbottlesbatteriesandpaper.Youcanalsorecyclenewspaperglassandplasticsttoprovidematerialsformakingotherproducts.
Fromrecycledmaterialsmanythingsaremade.Forexamplefromrecycledpaperwecangetnewspapersboxesandsoon.Fromrecycledplasticwecangetsodabottlestablesandbackpacks.
小题1:Whydon’tlandfillsmakegoodneighbors?