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29.11.2022 14:41 •  Английский язык

The passive Complete the following passage with the appropriate passive forms of the verbs in
brackets.
A new campaign (1) was launched (launch) earlier this year by the UK government
which aims to reduce the amount of domestic waste. Households (2)
(encourage) to recycle certain waste products and to sort
and prepare others for collection at specific sites. From there they (3)
(take) to special waste treatment plants where special
machinery will process them for reuse as recycled material.
In Britain today, when the contents of the average household dustbin (4)
(analyse), we find that, in terms of weight, 35% of the total
(5) (compose) of paper and cardboard, 22% of kitchen
waste, 12% of plastics with glass, dust and ashes each representing a further 10%.
There are in fact only a few items of domestic waste that cannot (6)
(recycle). One common example is disposable nappies which,
as their name suggests,
(7) (design) to be thrown away after use. However, a lot of
progress could (8) (make) to reduce the amount of kitchen
waste most of which can (9) (transform) into a useful garden
fertiliser. Indeed, if more people chose to do this then the weight of the average
dustbin (10) (reduce) quite significantly.
In terms of glass products, the situation is more encouraging as nearly 20% of all the
glass that (11) (use) every year in the country (12)
(take) back for recycling.
Nonetheless, it is clear that the mountains of domestic waste will only decrease if
efforts (13) (make) both by individual households and local
government authorities. Special equipment such as collection trucks must (14)
(purchase) and people must (15)
(make) aware of how they can contribute to improving the situation. This (16)
(achieve) with increasing success in a number of regions in
Europe during the last few years, a trend that (17) (expect) to
continue in the future.