C.Can electric vehicles save tourism
D.Are we welcome to the South Pole
D
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and
they will almost certainly mention recycling.Recycling in the home is
very important of course.However,being forced to recycle often means
we already have more material than we need.We are dealing with the
results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible,but it
would be far better if we did not bring so much material home in the
first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12%between 1999 and 2005.
It now makes up a third of a typical household's waste in the UK.In
many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic
and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment.The
UK,for example,is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary
waste.If such packaging is burnt,it gives off greenhouse gases which
go on to cause the greenhouse effect.Recycling helps,but the process
itself uses energy.The solution is not to produce such items in the
first place.Food waste is a serious problem,too.Too many supermarkets
encourage customers to buy more than they need.However,a few of them
are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue,encouraging
customers to reuse their plastic bags,for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets.It is about all of us.We
have learned to associate packaging with quality.We have learned to
think that something unpackaged is of poor quality.This is especially
true of food.But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products,
which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope.As more of us recycle,we are beginning to
realize just how much unnecessary material we are collecting.We need
to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture,but we have a mountain
to climb.
32.What does the underlined word "over-consumption"refer to
A.Using too much packaging.
B.Recycling too much waste.
C.Making more products than necessary.
D.Having more material than is needed.
33.The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show
A.the tendency of cutting household waste
B.the increase of packaging recycling
C.the rapid growth of supermarkets
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