When throwing away rubbish, do you know which bin it should go into?
Some of you might not be able to answer the questions. However, it's quite important to know how to sort (分类) your waste.
If you don't sort your waste, all of it will go to a landfill (垃圾场) and be buried (埋葬) together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could be used for planting trees. Other pieces of rubbish, like the metal part of a per, can be used to make into other things if they are properly recycled.
Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish.
The red is for harmful waste which includes things like medicine, batteries and so on. The blue is for waste like paper, metal, glass, and other things that can be recycled. yellow is for other dry waste like plastic bags. Dry waste is not wet, recyclable, or harmful.
| A. Not knowing how to sort waste can make it harder to save energy and protect the environment. B. The green is for kitchen waste which is known as wet waste, such as food and soup left after having meals. C. Have you ever noticed the differently-colored bins on the street? D. With this in mind, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste. E. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries (电池), can pollute the land and groundwater. |
