(拓展提升)Unit 8 Green Living-高中英语阅读必修第三册（北师大版）

_Unit 8 Green Living ( )4.What does Rex want to tell us in the last paragaph? A.The Arctic is on the way to dying B.The beautiful Arctic is well worth visiting C.We should take action to protect the Arctic. D.We should try our best to seize small chances. 拓展提升 A 【2021年重庆市清华中学校高一月考】 When we buy something new, we get rid of what's old. That cycle of consumption has made electronics waste the world's fastest-growing solid-waste stream, which is expected to grow as the world upgrades to 5G. However, less than a quarter of U.S. Electronic waste is recycled, the rest ending up as rubbish, posing environmental risks. Part of the problem concems rule. In states without laws banning electromics from the regular trash, electromics often end up in garbage. Even when e-waste rules exist, it's left to consumers to handle their old devices properly. But recycling them can be a pain. People have to take their electronics to a store, which may pay them for it or charge them to get rid of it. Many consumers simply throw their devices into the trash or throw them in a drawer. One solution is to make electronics last as long as they once did.Yet, technology companies are speeding the pace of being deserted."It's a strategy by producers to force us into shorter upgrade cycles,"said Kyle Wiens, the founder of iFixit, which publishes do-it-yourself repair guides. Some environmental groups say big companies like Apple and Samsung should pick up the cost of recycling the devices they sell. Lawmakers have passed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, which require producers to establish and fund ―49 — 高中英语阅读（北师大版必修第三册） systems to recycle or collect deserted products. Some companies are increasing their recycling efforts on their own.For example, Apple in 2018 introduced Daisy,a smartphone-recycling robot that can take apart 200 iPhones every hour.But that's a drop in the bucket compared with the 50 million tons of e-waste produced globally last year. 根据短文