In many urban centers throughout the world, vibrant waste recycling programs aren’t just eco-minded niceties, but they serve an essential role in keeping communities clean and clutter-free. But thanks to one forward-thinking initiative in the Brazilian city of Jundiaí, trading in trash has never been tastier.
Ten years ago, the city’s Municipal Utilities Department launched “Delicious Recycling”, a program aimed at encouraging residents to get into the habit of collecting recyclable waste in exchange for fresh vegetables, grown locally in a public-run garden — and boy did it take off. Today, the garden boasts more than 30 thousand plants to meet the demand of thousands of veggie-loving recyclers, turning aluminum cans and plastic bottles into edible greens.
Ultimately, the program has done wonders for the health of the environment as well, by ridding the city of improperly disposed waste.
“What once cluttered and even choked the flow of water from storm drains is today used as currency for healthy food,” local mayor Miguel Haddad tells Jundiaí Online. “Everybody wins with this.”
As innovative as Jundiaí’s “Delicious Recycling” may seem, it’s actually not the first of its kind, but given the program’s success, it’s no wonder why though a number of other Brazilian municipalities offer similar incentives to reward recyclers with food, the idea seems to be catching internationally — like in Mexico City, where residents recently exchanged trash for nearly three tons of vegetables!
1. Waste recycling programs ( )
A. are paid little attention to in many urban centers.
B. help make communities clean and tidy.
C. have nothing to do with the sanitation of communities.
D. are inactive in many urban centers.
2. The purpose of “Delicious Recycling” is ( )
A. to teach residents how to make delicious food.
B. to reward residents who do well in classifying rubbish.
C. to encourage residents to trade recyclable waste for meat or vegetables.
D. to encourage residents to trade recyclable waste for vegetables.
3. According to local mayor Miguel Haddad, ( )
A. water in storm drains is flowing more freely than before because the trash in it has been removed.
B. water in storm drains can be exchanged for healthy food.
C. water in storm drains is essential to the growing of fresh vegetables.
D. there is more trash in storm drains now than there used to be.
4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. “Delicious Recycling” has failed to achieve the desired result.
B. There are no waste recycling programs in other Brazilian municipalities.
C. Mexico City is probably imitating Jundiaí’s “Delicious Recycling”.
D. Waste recycling programs in other Brazilian municipalities are more successful than Jundiaí’s “Delicious Recycling”.
参考答案：
1. B
根据第一段第一句话可知，垃圾回收方案在保持社区干净整洁的方面起到关键作用，所以选B。
2. D
根据第二段第一句话(Ten years ago,…)可知，“美味的回收计划”旨在鼓励居民收集可回收垃圾以交换新鲜蔬菜，所以选D。
3. A
根据第四段(What once cluttered…)可知，曾经堵塞下水道水流的垃圾现在被当成交换健康食品的货币，所以选A。
4. C
根据最后一段可知，“美味的回收计划”很成功，在国际上很有魅力(catching internationally)，因此墨西哥城很有可能效法了该方案，所以选C。
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