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1、减少电子垃圾，你我同行近年来,随着时代的进步和科技的快速发展,电子产品更新换代的速度越来越快,由此产生的电子垃圾越来越多。我国电子产品的生产量和消费量都居世界前列,每年会产生大量的电子垃圾,处理这些废弃物的压力与日俱增。面对如此巨大的压力，我们能做点儿什么呢？阅读短文并回答问题In2016,theworld’spopulationcastaside49milliontonsofelectronicwaste,knownase-waste.Ithasbeencalculatedthatthisnumberwillgrowtomorethan60milliont
2、onsby2021.Whatiscausingtheupsurge（激增）ine-waste?Technologyisbecomingmoreandmorewidespread,coveringalmosteveryaspectofourlives.Meanwhile,thelifespanofdevicesisgettingshorter—manyproductswillbethrownawayoncetheirbatteriesdie,tobereplacedbynewdevices.Companiesintentionallyplantheobsole
3、scence（过时）oftheirgoodsbyupdatingthedesignorsoftwareanddiscontinuingsupportforoldermodels,sothatnowitisusuallycheaperandeasiertobuyanewproductthantorepairanoldone.Sincepricesarefalling,electronicdevicesareindemandaroundtheworld.Asmorepeoplebuyelectronicequipment,manufacturers（制造商）ar
4、ebeginningtofaceshortagesoftherawmaterialsneededtomaketheirproducts,sorecyclingandreusingmaterialsfromdiscardedproductsandwastemakeseconomicandenvironmentalsense.Recyclinge-wasteispracticedbothformallyandinformally.Properorformale-wasterecyclingusuallyinvolvestakingaparttheelectron
5、ics,separatingandsortingthroughthematerialsandcleaningthem.Companiesmustobeyhealthandsafetyrulestoreducethehealthandenvironmentalhazardsofhandlinge-wastebyusingpollution-controltechnologies.Allthismakesformalrecyclingexpensive.Informalrecyclingistypicallyunlicensedanduncontrolled.A
6、tinformalrecyclingworkshops,menandwomenrecovervaluablematerialsbyburningdevicestomeltawaynon-valuablematerials.Usuallytheydonotwearprotectiveequipmentandlackanyawarenessthattheyarehandlingdangerousmaterials.Withtheamountofe-wastegrowingaroundtheworld,recyclingalonewillnotbeenoughto
7、solvetheproblem.Inordertoreducee-waste,manufacturersneedtodesignelectronicsthataresafer,andmoredurable,repairableandrecyclable.Thebestthingyoucandoisresistbuyinganewdeviceuntilyoureallyneedit.Trytogetyouroldproductrepairedifpossibleand,ifitcan’tbefixed,resellorrecycleitresponsibly.
8、Beforeyourecycleyourdevice
