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Текст "Environmental Problems".
"Environmental Problems"
 
    The disposal of rubbish has been a social and environmental problem for thousands of years. The first landfill site in history was opened by the Ancient Greeks in about 2500 BC. They realised they had a problem with rubbish in Athens, so they dug a big hole several kilometres outside town, where all the rubbish was thrown. And we still generally use the same solution today.
    Next year, over 80% of Europe's rubbish will be dumped in landfill sites and less than 20% will be recycled.  So what's the problem with that?
    The main problem is that we're producing a huge amount of rubbish each year and the existing landfill sites are nearly full. Finding new sites isn't easy. Farmland and the countryside have to be destroyed - that's bad for the environment and for the farming industry. Plastic, for example, takes about 450 years to degrade. That's also bad for the environment. We can't burn a lot of it, because the gases that are given off pollute the air. So what can we do?
     We can all do our bit to help solve the problem by remembering the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle.
 
Reduce: We've all got to reduce the amount of rubbish we throw away. We can do that by buying unpackaged goods, like fruit and vegetables, rather than goods which are wrapped and packaged in plastic. Also, try not to buy disposable products like single-use cameras and non-rechargeable battaries. The less we throw away, the more we help the environment.
 
Reuse: Try to use things as many times as possible before you throw them away. For example, you're given some plastic bags at the supermarket to carry your food home in. It would be much better for the environment if we used them again. Kids have grown out of their old clothes. Don't just put them in the bin - think about giving them to charity. Somebody probably wants them.
 
Recycle: Glass, paper, plastic - they can all be recycled. Recycling cuts down the waste going to landfill sites and also means factories need to produce fewer new bottles and packets and paper. That means there's less pollution going into the atmosphere from the factories. It also leads to fewer trees being cut down to make paper.
 
Protecting the environment is not a load of old rubbish!
 
Vocabulary:
disposal of rubbish - уничтожение мусора
landfill site - мусорный полигон, свалка
to degrade - уничтожать
disposable products - товары, одноразового использования
recycle -перерабатывать
 
 
По материалам M.Mann Laser B1, Macmillan.
 
 
 
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