首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regu
Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regu
admin
2011-02-11
26
问题
Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region’s growing pile of electronic trash,
A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste ff the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly. They are among a growing number of California dries and counties that have expressed the same intention.
Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the toxic hazard posed by old electron/c devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computers become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead and other other substances, and are already banned from California landfills.
Legislation by Senator Byron Sher would require consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $ 30 on every new machine containing a cathode ray tube. Used in almost all video monitors and televisions, those devices contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The fees would go toward setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit agencies that reuse the tubes and rewarding manufacturers that encourage recycling.
A separate bill by Los Angeles-area Senator Gloria Romero would require high-tech manufacturers to develop programs to recycle so-called e-waste.
If passed, the measures would put California at the forefront of national efforts to manage the refuse of the electronic age.
But high-tech groups, including the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the American Electronics Association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to $ 30 will drive consumers to online, out-of-state retailers.
"What really needs to occur is consumer education. Most consumers are unaware they’re not supposed to throw computers in the trash," said Roxanne Gould, vice president of government relations for the electronics association,
Computer recycling should be a local effort and part of residential waste collection programs, she added.
Recycling electronic waste is a dangerous and specialized matter, and environmentalists maintain the state must support recycling efforts and ensure that the Job isn’t contracted to unscrupulous junk dealers who send the toxic parts overseas.
"The graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural China," said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. His group is pushing for an amendment to Shed’s bill that would prevent the export of e-waste.
The two hills stalled in the California Assembly both concern ______.
选项
A、regulations on dumping hazardous substances into landfills
B、the sale of used electronic devices to foreign countries
C、the funding of local initiatives to reuse electronic trash
D、the reprocessing of the huge amounts of electronic waste in the state
答案
D
解析
细节推断题。根据第二段第一句A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste if the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly.可以推断。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/qoYO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Thedestructionofournaturalresourcesandcontaminationofourfoodsupplycontinuetooccur,largelybecauseoftheextreme
ClocksthroughTimeIttookhumanbeingalongtimetoinventdiversewaysfortellingtime.About3000yearsagopeoplefir
Crimehasitsowncycles,amagazinere-portedsomeyearsbefore.Policerecordsthat【M1】______.werestudiedforfiveyearso
Crimehasitsowncycles,amagazinere-portedsomeyearsbefore.Policerecordsthat【M1】______.werestudiedforfiveyearso
Abattery-drivenbus,whichisnotonlyquietandpollution-freebutcompetitivewiththeconventionalbusoncostandperforman
AftersomanyyearsofstudyingEnglish,youmaystillgetconfusedlikeyoufirstcomeherejustbecauseoftheslangthestude
Thewaveofjobcutssweepingthroughtheutilitysectorgatheredpaceyesterdaywith800moreredundanciesplannedbytwoelect
Countriesatalllevelsofeconomicdevelopmentfaceasimilarchallenge:tomaketheirindustriescompetitiveinanincreasingl
随机试题
在教师职业道德情感中,教师职业道德行为的出发点是()
InIndustry4.0,allcommunicationandcontrolwill(make)________betweenmachines.
超声波法检测桩身完整性,各声测剖面每个测点的声速、波幅均大于临界值,波形正常,则该类桩属于()。
依据《国务院关于特大安全事故行政责任追究的规定》,中小学校对学生进行劳动技能教育以及组织学生参加社会公益活动等实践活动,必须确保学生安全,严禁组织学生从事接触易燃、易爆、有害等危险品的活动,否则,对校长给予()的处分。
以下对职业安全健康管理体系审核的实施描述正确的有()。
下列属于彩色玻璃特性的是()。
压力机滑块到达下极限位置时,滑块下表面到工作台的距离称为()。
2008年5月,由于麦收季节快要来临,某汽车制造厂决定动用1月购买的钢材30吨,用于联合收割机的生产。本期销售收割机100台,取得不含税收入120万元,本期可以抵扣进项税为24万元。对外销售收割机备件等取得不含税收入58万元。为此,以下()处理是
【2014.湖南郴州】校园文化的核心是学校的()文化。
已知A*是A的伴随矩阵,则=__________.
最新回复
(
0
)