Recycling Around theWorld

Recycling is one ofthe best environmental success stories of the late 20th century.But we could domore.People must not see recycling as fashionable,but essential.

The Japanese arevery good at recycling because they live in a crowded country. They do not havemuch space.They do not want to share their limited space with rubbish.But

even so,Tokyo area alone isestimated to have three million tons of leftover rubbish at present.

In 1996, the UnitedStates recycled and composted（制成肥料）57 million tons of waste (27%of the nation's solid waste).This is 57million tons of waste which did not go

into landfills andincinerators（焚化炉）.In doingthis,7,000 rubbish collection programs and recycling centers helped theauthorities.

In Rockford,a cityin Illinois,U.S.,its officials choose one house each week and check its garbage（废物）.If the garbage does not contain annewspapers or aluminum

（铝）cans,thenthe resident of the house gets a prize of at least$1,000.

In Japan,certain cities give childrenweekly supplies of tissue paper and toilet paper in exchange for a weeklycollection of newspapers.

In one year Britainrecycles:

——1 out ofevery 3 newspapers.

——1 out ofevery 4 glass bottles and jars（罐子）.

——1 out ofevery 4 items of clothing.

——1 out ofevery 3 aluminum drink cans.

In 1999,Hong Kongtransported 3 million tons of waste to mainland China for recycling. Around 535,000tons of waste was recycled in Hong Kongitself.

Over half the thingswe throw away could be recycled.That means we could recycle 10 times as much aswe do now.

However,recyclingneeds a lot of organization and special equipment. Also,there is not much usefor some recycled material.In Japan,thenewspapers collected by children______.

A.are given to poorpeople

B.are used asreading materials

C.are recycled

D.are used as prizes