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阅读题 When your pen is broken, you think that’s the end of its life.

You throw it away. It then joins tons of other garbage that is becoming a big problem in cities.
Each day, about 10,000 tons of waste is produced in Guangzhou, and 17,000 tons of household waste is produced in Beijing. In other countries, the case is similar.
“If you are like most of us, most Americans, you are making seven pounds (3.17kg) of trash a day,” US writer Edward Humes told CNN. So an American makes 102 tons of trash in a lifetime.
If you simply throw away that broken pen, it goes to a landfill and is buried together with many other trash. To prevent polluting the groundwater, workers cover the trash with soil and keep it dry. And your pen will stay there for a long, long time, without having further use.
But it could have a better destination: the recycling bin. Have you ever noticed the different colors of trash bins in the street? Many cities in China have been running a waste-sorting campaign. (垃圾分类战争). They divide trash into “recyclable waste” and “unrecyclable waste”.
Recycling waste can save energy, reduce greenhouse gas, and keep landfill space free for the unrecyclable trash.
Take your pen as an example. At the recycling factory, its metal parts could be taken out and refused to make other things. But recycling is not enough, expert say. Making less waste in the first place is the way forward.
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Answer 1

笔坏了，你就以它就彻底无用了

你把笔扔了，之后它就和成吨的垃圾一起成为这座城市的麻烦。每天，广州大约产生一万吨垃圾， 而北京则是1.7吨。别的国家也是如此。

美国作家 Edward Humes曾这样告诉CNN电台“如果你也同住在北美的人一样，那么你大概一天会制造7磅（3.17公斤）的垃圾”，这样一个美国人一生大概制造120吨垃圾。

如果你就是所以扔掉一支笔，那么它就直接去了垃圾填埋场和别的垃圾埋在了一起。为了不造成对底下水的污染，工人用土盖住垃圾并且保持那里大干燥。而你的那支笔就会埋在哪里很久很久。

但是那支笔也有更好的归宿：回收。你注意过大街上不同颜色的垃圾桶吗？在中国有很多城市的大街上都在推广垃圾分类活动。他们把垃圾分为“可回收”以及“不可回收”

垃圾分类可以节省焚烧的能源，减少温室气体排放，更可以节省垃圾掩埋场的空间。

以你的笔为例：在回收工厂里，笔的金属部分会被拿出回收制成别的物件。然而仅仅回收是不够的，专家说怎样在今后产生更少的生活垃圾才是长足进步。