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radios, cellular telephones and other electronic equipment.
Electronic trash, or e-waste, is piling up faster than ever in American homes and businesses. People
do not know what to do with old televisions or computers so they throw them in the trash.
National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) state programs director Chaz Miller says
the large amount of electronic waste Americans produce is not unexpected.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates more than 400 million consumer electronic
items are dumped each year, and there is a push by more states to ban the waste from landfills (垃圾填埋场)
and create recycling programs. They can be torn apart and sorted for useable parts.Mike Fannon who runs
the plant in Baltimore, says, "There are a lot of valuable metals that can be recovered and reused instead of
just putting them in the landfill, and in certain components there are some materials that should not really
be in the landfill," Fannon explained.
Fannon says nearly 20 percent of electronic waste is recycled nationwide.Thirteen years ago, it was only
about 6 percent.Recycling rates continue to rise as more communities have banned electronics from landfills
in an effort to keep e-waste poisons like lead (铅) and mercury (汞) out of garbage dumps.
This year several states like Vermont imposed a ban on electronic waste in landfills. More than 25 other
states have also adopted landfill bans, e-waste recycling programs or both.Chaz Miller says more can be
done to boost electronic waste recycling.
"We can do much better," noted Miller. "I think clearly our goal should be to do as well as we do recycling
newspapers."
B. Old computers.
C. Old cell phones
D. Old newspapers.
B. Because it might damage the environment.
C. Because it can be shipped to other countries.
D. Because the landfills are already full.
B. Selling it.
C. Burying it.
D. Breaking it.
B. Chaz Miller works for EPA.
C. All states in the US have banned e-waste from landfills.
D. Experts are optimistic about the future of e-waste.
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