If you live in Shanghai, you might have to take a lesson in sorting garbage.     1     is now required to do is that people should sort garbage into four categories. However, if people fail to sort their garbage as required, they can     2    (fine) up to 200 Yuan.

More cities are introducing similar regulations,     3     (follow) the practice in Shanghai. However, garbage sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30% of the participants think they are     4    (proper) sorting their trash. It’s partly because many people lack their     5    (willing) to sort their own waste. It’s    6     must to have a legal guarantee    7    (promote) garbage sorting, said Liu Jiangbo, a professor from Tsinghua University.

Apart from China, many other foreign countries also     8    (introduce) garbagesorting regulations in the past years. In Japan, waste sorting has become a basic survival skill. There is a     9     (fix) time for the disposal (回收) of each kind of garbage and littering can result     10     high fines and even jail time. Over 90% of the public believe that garbage sorting is important for the protection of environment.

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 to 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     7     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.

One type of recycling, called downcycling, involves repurposing a material into a new product of lesser quality. It can include varying grades of plastic, paper products, and other materials.

Downeycling     1     (know) as downstream recycling. It is most common in terms of     2     (industry) materials. These products lose their value as they are recycled,     3     limits their capacity for new use. Their recycled form is typically both weaker and cheaper     4     their original one. White writing paper, for example, is often downcycled into cardboard; once downcycled to this new form, it can no longer be used as white paper again.

    5     (give) products a new life is considered a good way to reuse materials and avoid waste. Once downcycled to their full capacity however, these materials are eventually so degraded that they cannot be reused further. Since downcycled products are considered of lower quality than their original form, they cannot be used in remaking their original product.

Products are provided with codes     6     (determine) their grades and whether or not they may be recycled. Plastic, glass, and aluminium products     7     (code) with the number one may be remade into something     8     equal or greater value. This type of recycling is known as upcycling, and represents the forward compatibility of recycled components.

Items available for downcycling often require additional chemicals, energy,     9     other treatments in order to transform them into something usable. Durable plastic products in particular require much additional treatment. Trash bins, tables, and chairs are also considered materials with     10     high energy cost to recycle.

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.

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，when President Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of trash classification，

    3     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     4     four categories：recyclables, kitchen, hazardous(危险的) and residual waste.     5     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 speed up 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.

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.

Every day people throw away a lot of household garbage—paper, cans, kitchen waste, used batteries and glass     1    sorting it. There are many problems     2    (bring) about by unsorted garbage. On one hand, it’s     3    great waste of resources. On the other hand, the disposal of unsorted garbage can cause serious environmental pollution,     4    does harm to people’s health. Now our government has realized the importance of garbage sorting. So far many activities     5    (hold) to teach people how to sort garbage     6    (proper).

People in cities, like Beijing and Shanghai, are required to sort garbage into four categories—kitchen waste,     7     (danger) waste, recyclable waste and other waste. Also, they can get certain points for sorting their garbage. When they accumulate enough points, they can go to the community     8     (exchange) them for some gifts of daily use. However, still a lot of people in China lack the     9    (aware) of garbage sorting. Changing people’s mindsets and habits will take a long time. But once one person     10     (develop) the habit of garbage sorting, more may be influenced to do the same.