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Electronics are being recycled in record numbers as more states require it and more companies collect and even pay for discarded

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问题     Electronics are being recycled in record numbers as more states require it and more companies collect and even pay for discarded items, but the gains come with controversy.
    Some environmentalists complain that recycling is not keeping pace with electronics sales. Some say e-waste is being dumped in developing countries, where toxic materials such as lead and mercury can leach from landfills into groundwater.
    "It is a success story, but we’d like to see it get more successful" to keep up with the electronics boom, says Janette Petersen of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The amount of recycled items more than doubled from 1999 to 2007, the most recent year for which the EPA has figures. But as a percentage of all electronics, it increased less, from 15% to 18%. "The demand for electronics recycling has been growing," partly because of the switch last year to digital TV, says Jennifer Berry of Earth911. corn, a private group that keeps a database of recyclers. Last year, she says 31% of inquiries involved electronics, primarily TVs, batteries and computers.
    Public and private efforts are expanding. Vermont became the 21st state last month to enact a law that requires e-waste recycling. Twenty-six companies--including Dell, Hewlett Packard, AT&T and Verizon--have partnered with the EPA on the Plug-In to eCycling program to promote electronics recycling since its launch in 2003. Companies such as Gazelle. corn pay for used gadgets such as iPods, which they resell or recycle. Best Buy and other stores are collecting more e-waste. Target announced last month that it put bins in every store to accept cellphones, MP3 players and ink cartridges.
    Jim Puckett of Basel Action Network, a Seattle-based non-profit organization that aims to stop toxic exports, worries that some American companies dump e-waste in Africa to save money. "People are trying to look green, but they’re not telling you where it (waste) is going," he says. "You can’t turn over your TV to just any recycler. " He says it’s better to store an old TV than give it to a recycler that may export it to poor countries.
    The Basel Action Network announced its e-Stewards program last month to ensure safe handling of electronics by using only recyclers certified by accredited organizations. It now lists 45 recyclers in 80 locations. Samsung and other companies have signed on. Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, back it.  
According to Jim Puckett, you cannot give your electronics to recyclers because ______.
选项 A、recyelers don’t tell you where the electronics will go
B、you may be cheated by recyclers for not knowing the electronics’ value
C、recyclers may export the electronics to poor countries
D、you can store your electronics for a better price
答案C
解析 文章第五段谈到吉姆的观点。他指出一些美国公司会在非洲倾销电子废品，并且，本段最后一句提到，他认为比起把旧电视卖给可能会把它出口到贫穷国家的回收站，把旧电视存放起来会更好，所以，根据吉姆的观点，不把电子产品卖给回收站的原因是回收站可能会把电子产品出口到贫穷国家，故[C]为正确答案。文中也提到了[A]项，但是这不是根本原因。[B]和[D]两项在文中未提及。  
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