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4. Complete the sentences with the appropriate words from the text:

1. And of course the more we buy, the more we have to throw away.

2. The speed of turnover is very high.

3. So what is to be done about electronic waste?

4. Nowadays, the recycling of high tech garbage is becoming a big concern.

5. Even such seemingly simple things as computer casings are bafflingly recycle-proof.

6. Manufacturers have obliginglybrought out new toys faster than we can buy them.

7. All the casings contain bromine, a kind of toxic flame retardant.

 

Fill in the words from the list below. Use each word only once.

equipment, waste, recycling, last, electronic, nation, high

1. latest electronic,gadgets

2. dumping toxic waste

3. tech recycling garbage

4. major high firms

5. Europe's richest nation

6. last few decades

7. high tech equipment

6. Match up the words in column A with the words in column B to form meaningful phrases, translate them into Ukrainian:

Column A Column B

1. serious c) concern

2. vast e) majority

3. toxic a) material

4. electronic d) problem

5. strict b) rule

6. big f) firm

7. recycling g) waste

 

7. Complete the following sentences using the information from the text:

1. The manufacturer Loewe has developed a green TV which contains just 39 grams of plastic as opposed to the standard 6.7 kilos and 50 grams of toxic materials against 5 kilos.

2. If a computer has a fault, it is more economical to throw it away and buy another than to repair it.

3. Computers have an average lifespan of seven years, and the speed of development, combined with plummeting prices, is reducing this further.

4. Klaus Brodersen of Erlangen University is trying to produce a definite classification of what chemicals should and should not be allowed in the production of high tech equipment.

5. One of the country's major recycling firms has been charged with dumping toxic waste containing the substance PCB, once widely used in TVs and computers as insulation

6. Anyone who has ever bought a computer will be aware of the fact that a PC is out of date as soon as you buy it.

7. Germany, Europe's richest nation, discards 1.5 million tons of electrical appliances every year.

 

8. Read the clues and complete the crossword:

                1                
2                                
                                 
    3                            
                                4
                                 
      5                          
                                 
            6   7     8          
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  9                              
                                 

 
Across:
The natural conditions, such as air, water, and land, in which people, animals, and plants live.
The process of extinguishing.
The act of protecting or state of being protected.
The power to have an effect on someone or something without the use of direct force or command.
The pattern of relations of plants, animals, and people to each other and to their surroundings.

 
Down:
The act of destroying or state of being destroyed.
Changing into steam and disappearing.
Used, damaged, or unwanted matter.
The action of polluting or the state of being polluted.
Waste material, from a house or office, to be thrown away.
Waste material thrown away.

 

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