Vocabulary Practice
A. Completion. Complete the paragraphs
below using the correct form of the words
in the box. One word is extra.
hazardous discard pile
substance notify
infrastructure
Reuse and recycle: these well-known ideas
for dealing with trash are being employed
to handle e-waste such as old computers,
cell phones, and televisions. Many
companies send used electronic items
from the United States and the European Union to developing nations.
They claim to be recycling, and also helping the developing world modernize its
Customers shop for used televisions at a secondhand
electronics market in Lagos, Nigeria.
- However, the reality may be quite different.
The Basel Action Network of Seattle, Washington, recently reported that three-quarters
of the supposedly reusable electronics shipped to Lagos, Nigeria, are in fact broken.
Consequently, 2..
roads. Often it's picked apart by the desperately poor, who come in contact with toxic
4.
5.
Richard Guttierez of the Basel Action Nerwork believes companies in developed nations
pay lip service' to recycling while actually disposing of their e-waste as cheaply as
possible, leaving the developing world to deal with the problems it causes.
of e-waste end up being 3..
- along rivers and
-Such as lead-in the broken equipment. Lead is known to be especially
to the health of growing children.
