Please consult this chart before recycling
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The Quick Recycling Guide
A). Now listen to the text THE QUICK RECYLCING GUIDE. Complete the table.
| Unbroken 1) __________ | 2) ___________, mirrors | Only bottle glass is recyclable. Ceramics 3) _______________ |
| Plastic which bears the 4) _____________________ | 5) ____________________ plastic. | Even a small amount of the wrong type of plastic can 6) __________________. Throw away if unmarked. |
| Mixed paper, junk mail, computer 7) _____________________. dry newspapers and newspaper 8) ____________, cereal boxes. | Wet or 9) _________________ paper, stickers, milk (fast food wraps, foil). | Pack newspaper tightly using 11) ___________________ twine. Keep dry. |
| 12) _____________________ such as lawn chairs and window frames. Empty 13) _________________, caps, lids and foil. | Magnetic 14) ______________ parts. Spray cans may have held paint or 15) ________________ material. | Aluminum is not attracted to magnets. |
· There is no need to remove 16) __________________ from cans and bottles.
· Keep motor oil and 17) ____________________ out of the environment. Call your council if you need to dispose of used car 18) _________.
9 (b). Read the facts about recycling worldwide and discuss what you personally can do to participate in this global process.
· 544,000: Trees saved if every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels (70 sheets) with 100 percent recycled ones.
· 20 million: Tons of electronic waste thrown away each year. One ton of scrap from discarded computers contains more gold than can be produced from 17 tons of gold ore.
· 9 cubic yards: Amount of landfill space saved by recycling one ton of cardboard.
· $160 billion: Value of the global recycling industry that employs over 1.5 million people.
· 79 million tons: Amount of waste material diverted away from disposal in 2005 through recycling and composting.
· 5 percent: Fraction of the energy it takes to recycle aluminum versus mining and refining new aluminum.
· 315 kg: Amount of carbon dioxide not released into the atmosphere each time a metric ton of glass is used to create new glass products.
· 98 percent: Percentage of glass bottles in Denmark that are refillable. 98 percent of those are returned by consumers for reuse.
· 51.5 percent: Percentage of the paper consumed in the U.S. that was recovered for recycling in 2005.
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