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Rainbow-coloured rubbish is the colourful waste created by a Swedish city with an unusual recycling(回收利用） system. Like many cities in Sweden , Eskilstuna has an excellent recycling record . It met the EU's 2020 target of recycling 50% of waste many years ago.
Almost everyone who lives here follows strict recycling rules at home. People are expected to sort their household waste into seven separate categories, including food, textiles, cartons and metal. But what really makes the system stand out is the bright colour code.
The reason for this becomes clear at the city's recycling plant. The bags arrive all mixed up because they're collected altogether, once two weeks from outside people's houses. But thanks to those bright colours, scanners can choose the bags and separate them without difficulty. The food waste in green bags is processed on site into mud to make biogas, which powers the city's buses. One of the benefits of this method of recycling is that there is less cross-pollution,so more of the recycled waste can actually be used to make new things.
Like the rest of Sweden, Eskilstuna is devoted to sending zero waste from its citizens to landfill. Waste that cannot be recycled is burnt at a local plant to generate electricity. This reduces dependence on fossil fuels like coal and oil , but does create greenhouse gases .
As countries around the world try to improve their recycling systems, some may look to Eskilstuna as an example to follow-as long as they think they can persuade their citizens to get busy sorting rubbish at home .
1.Why are bright colours used in Eskilstuna's recycling system?
A. To reach the target of recycling 50% of waste.
B. To reduce the citizens' burden of sorting rubbish.
C.To make rubbish easy to separate and reeycle.
D. To collect different kinds of rubbish separately.
2.How is the rubbish that cannot be recycled dealt with?
A. It is used to produce electricity.
B. It is sent directly to landfill and buried there
C . It is processed at once to make biogas .
D. It is mixed with other waste to make new things.
3 . If other countries want to recycle waste like Eskilstuna , what should they do first
A . Persuade citizens to use as few fossil fuels as possible .
B. Not create greenhouse gases unless necessary.
C. Use the bright colour code to sort the rubbish.
D. Talk people into sorting household waste properly.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary. B.A magazine.
C.A novel. D.A guidebook.
