With the development of science and technology, our life is becoming much better and more convenient. However, more garbage and pollution    1    (produce) at the same time, which    2    (lay) a heavy burden on our environment.    3    is known to all, environment plays a vital role in our daily life. In response to the severe situation, we should take effective    4    (measure) to protect the planet where we coexist. It is suggested that we should sort waste    5    (relieve) the situation.

Garbage classification, which is a good way to protect our environment, can’t be overemphasized. It can help separate recyclable waste, which can be    6    (full) used to help save the resources    7    a large degree. Not only can we make our environment clean and beautiful, but also recyclable waste can be made good use of to benefit us in return.

As garbage classification is significant, we should take    8    active part in putting it into practice. It’s a must for    9    (we) to learn to sort waste. It is the little things we do today that have a profound influence on the planet. Only if all of us make joint efforts can we make a big    10    (different) and have a good environment.

6 . Open an app at your smart phone and scan the code bar (二维码) on the garbage can. When you throw garbage into the garbage can, it will show the weight of the garbage and the points you can get from doing so.     1     It will become more popular in the future. Yes, we are talking about the smart garbage can.

    2     The environmental problems have become constant headaches in the development of the cities. Encouraging garbage classification has become an effective way.

In some cities, a variety of multifunctional smart garbage cans are being put into use. In Beijing, for example, a smart garbage can is equipped with an LED screen, which not only shows national policies on garbage classification but also shows the correct steps for garbage sorting. It can also calculate the weight of the garbage and the accumulated points one can get. They can be traded for some articles of daily use.     3     Its body is actually a screen. It is equipped with some internal sensors. When people throw garbage into it, the internal sensors can automatically tell the types of the garbage. Meanwhile, people can see how to deal with them.     4    

Garbage disposal is a small issue that involves everybody each day. However, it is also a big issue.     5     With smart garbage cans in our daily life, the idea of garbage sorting will become more established. Our dream of building a greener and more beautiful China will come true so long as we start to make small changes right now.

Waste Management Booming

Several sculptures made from cans, tires and plastic bottles     1    (display) around a recyclable transfer center in Shanghai last year. The idea of making sculptures with trash is to make people aware that trash can be useful when     2    (sort) properly.

It was in 2018,     3    President Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of trash     4    (classify), that the initiative (倡议) started to get on the fast track. The question “What kind of trash are you (carrying)?” became a popular joke when Shanghai enforced a law that household waste is required to be sorted     5    four categories: recyclables, kitchen, hazardous (危险的) and residual waste. Although many people doubted it initially, the trash sorting program has achieved great success. Moreover, in the     6    (propose) for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), the Central Committee said the country should accelerate the building of waste recycling systems.

Besides the efforts made by the government, many companies are entering the trash separation and recycling market. Huazhan Environment,     7    high-tech company in Jiangsu province, launched a new brand, Mr. Cat in English, selling intelligent trash stations and bins to communities.     8    (equip) with cameras, sensors and screens, the smart trash stations are     9    (interact) and help people     10    (reasonable) deal with different kinds of trash. They can also alert waste transportation companies when bins are full.

10 . When your pen is broken, the batteries (电池) in your toys run out, or you have some leftover food, what will you do with these things? You will probably throw them all into one bin. But actually, all of these pieces of rubbish need to be sorted (分类) separately.

Rubbish sorting is a big problem worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it. Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a “green account (账户)” service. Account owners get points by correctly sorting their rubbish. Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards or other products. The city is asking all people living there to sort their rubbish into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

Wet waste is something you don't want but that pigs can eat. Plastics, glass, paper and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste. Harmful waste includes things like medicine, batteries and bulbs. Finally, any waste that’s not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the “dry waste” bin.

Many other Chinese cities are also sorting their rubbish in this way. For example, Shenzhen has been doing this since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.

In fact, there are still many workers specially working for sorting rubbish by hand in China. There is still a long way to go. But it’s never too late for every Chinese to learn how to sort rubbish properly and protect the environment.

If you don't sort your rubbish, all of it will go to a landfill (垃圾填埋场) and be buried together.

These landfills can take up much ground that could be used for planting. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries or used mobile phones, can cause pollution. Other pieces of rubbish, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.