Mike has a new computer. Now he is wondering what will happen to the old one. “Well, after being broken up into small pieces, it will be sent to China by ship. “ his friend tells Mike.
Things like this _______. Every day. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones. They had been sent to China illegally (非法地). Computers are filled with _______things like mercury(水银)and lead (铅). So every time an old computer is broken , it needs to be dealt with safely. Of course , _______to deal with broken computers has been a problem. Some countries like Japan and the US send their e-waste to China. Guiyu, a town in Guangdong Province, has been called the e-waste capital of the world. The town has to _________1.5 million kilograms of e-waste each year. This earns $75 million, but it comes at immense cost (以巨大的代价).
Many harmful things in e-waste find ______own way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and acids (酸性物质)are _______rivers or seas. Greenpeace, an environmental group , has said that the earth and rivers of Guiyu have been _______ polluted. This year _______ will make its first law about waster-recycling. The Chinese government wants to develop cities and towns, but in a way_________ doesn’t damage the environment or people’s lives. Money has been given by computer companies like Lenovo and Founder to ______ deal with computer waste. These companies will also be asked to take back their old computers. This is because they know best how to deal with them safely.
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