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Rubbish dumps throughout the industrial world are nearly full, heralding a crisis for city authorities as they look at alternati
Rubbish dumps throughout the industrial world are nearly full, heralding a crisis for city authorities as they look at alternati
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2013-01-10
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Rubbish dumps throughout the industrial world are nearly full, heralding a crisis for city authorities as they look at alternative ways of dealing with the global garbage crisis.
That problem is peculiar to fast-moving, wealthy societies, which increasingly demand more packaged goods. In New York State alone, residents have doubled their demand for packaged goods in the past thirty years. And the situation is not expected to ease, not least because of social trends. As more women transfer their production and management skills to commercial enterprises, demand for convenience products in the home continues to grow, says a report published by the Washington-based World Watch Institute.
The only solution for a nation which now spends more on wrapping food than it pays farmers to produce it, is recycling on a grand scale for commercial as well as conservation reasons.
The Institute wants multi-layered dustbins to be distributed to households, and people to be obliged to separate their waste into four categories: organic, glass and metals; paper; plastics and miscellaneous. It also believes it can only be a matter of time before such bins have to be made compulsory.
Cynthia Pollock, the author of the report, entitled "Mining Urban Wastes: The Potential for Recycling", points out that "consumers and policy makers are just beginning to realize that there is not real ’away’ for throwaway".
Pollock believes that recycling is the only alternative. "Although household wastes are usually thrown out with little regard for their remaining value, a list of the world’s discards would reveal a wealth of materials." And it is not just food; "Simply recovering the print run of the Sunday edition of the New York Times would leave 75,000 trees standing and reduce the energy used per ton of paper by up to three-quarters."
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
选项
A、A lot of trees are cut down for the print run of The New York Times.
B、The public is now well aware of the rubbish crisis.
C、The industrial society now spends more on wrapping food than it pays farmers to produce it.
D、The distribution of multi-layered dustbins has yet to be made compulsory.
答案
B
解析
文章第五段Cynthia Pollock指出“consumers and policy makers are just beginning to realize that...”,由此可见公众危机意识刚刚形成,而非well aware the rubbish crisis.其他各项都可在文中找到对应的语句。
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