Choose the best meaning for the following words DON’T JUST THROW IT IN THE BIMN Each of us produces, on average, about 5kg of rubbish every week. T hat is 250kg a yea, and if you live to 75, 195,000kg in a lifetime. I n Britain most of that rubbish is buried in landfills where it will stay for hundreds or even thousands of years. H ere is a list of what is thrown away and how it can be recycled. ● 35% paper and cardboard. P aper, newspapers and card can all be recycled. U sing less paper, such as advertising leaflets and junk mail, would be even better. ● 32% kitchen waste. A lot of this can be composted. T he compost could then be used in the garden or with house-plants. ● 9% metal. T his is mostly tins, which can be put in metal banks and recycled. S ome councils also have can banks for aluminium. ● 8% plastic. S ome plastics can be recycled. S eparating different kinds of plastic is often a difficult and expensive process. ● 5% old clothes. T hese can be given to charity shops or put in clothes banks so they can be reused. ● 11% other B efore you start to feel too bad about these mountains of waste, remember that all the household rubbish is only 3% of the total national UK waste. T he other 97% is from farming, industry and sewage and most of it is buried in the landfill with your rubbish. T hese are the real dangers to the environment and the areas where action is most needed.