[考研英语] 阅读精选：请勿浪费废弃物.docVIP

[考研英语] 阅读精选：请勿浪费废弃物 『美国政府正通过各种措施循环利用电子废弃物，在实践过程中，他们有以下三方面的困难：一、接收电子废弃物的城市很难找；二、电子废弃物的运输过程很难管理；三、在不发达国家，安全处理这些废弃物的设备不先进。随着未来几年电池推动设备的大量兴起，人们期望回收利用设备也随之得到增长。』 　　Dont lets waste waste 　　请勿浪费废弃物 “TO address? the problems caused by electronic waste, American businesses, government, and individuals must work together to manage these electronics throughout the product lifecycle—from design and manufacturing through their use and eventual recycling, recovery, and disposal.” 　　Few would question the bona fide? green intent of the above statement. After all, while Babbage wrote last month that unwanted electronics have become Europe抯 fastest-growing waste problem, across the Atlantic the challenge is even starker . In America,o scattershot?state-level policies have failed to converge?on any coherent?action, and precious little information exists on exactly where the country抯 discarded gadgets are going. 　　Still, the expressed sentiment would probably carry little weight? were these not the words of President Barack Obama, announcing last? November the creation of a new inter-agency? e-waste? task force.? Mr Obama has a track record in policies for the safe disposal of hazardous materials, having sponsored a successful cross-party bill to ban American mercury? exports as a Senator in 2008. 　　Acknowledging the scale of the e-waste challenge, the United States has turned to Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP), an initiative?run by the United Nations University (UNU), which provides a forum?for scientific solutions to international policy problems. Last month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a founding member of the initiative, announced a new $2.5m grant?to help finance the creation of the first-ever comprehensive inventory?of the country抯 e-waste output. Under leadership of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Center for Electronics Recycling, the project will directly co-operate with electronics manufacturers who, though generally happy