Each year, China creates around 300 million tons of rubbish. Less than a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ['kwɔːtə] of the waste is recycled. Most rubbish is buried in landfills or burned without being {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (sort). Landfills take up a lot of space in cities. It can also {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (pollution)the nearby soil and water.

    Things in developed countries are much  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (good) because of their sorting systems (制度). In Japan, for example, there are strict rules for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (throw) away rubbish. One has to put the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} rubbish in the right place at the right time. The rubbish is usually sorted into eight {#blank#}7{#/blank#} [kaɪndz]: burnable, non-burnable, plastic bottles, recyclable plastic, other plastic, paper, harmful rubbish and then hard rubbish {#blank#}8{#/blank#} as desks and old TV sets.

    China has been helping promoting (促进) rubbish sorting in recent years.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}to a plan in Beijing, people get WeChat points by sorting out rubbish. They can later exchange (兑换) the points for{#blank#}10{#/blank#}['ʃɒpɪŋ]cards or even money!