随着人民生活水平和消费水平的提高，中国的垃圾问题日益严峻。With the improvement of people’s living  standards and consumption level,the problem of rubbish in China is becoming more and more serious.

很多城市被垃圾包围。Many cities are surrounded by rubbish.

面对日益增长的垃圾产量和环境状况的恶化，中国政府正在努力推行垃极分类(garbage classification)的政策。In the face of growing garbage production and      environmental deterioration,the Chinese governmentis working hard to introduce a garbage classification policy.

垃圾分类是指将垃圾分为可回收利用和不可回收利用两类，要求人们将垃圾投放至不同的垃圾桶(trash can)，通过不同的清理、运输和回收方式，使之变成新的资源。Garbage classification refers to the garbage being divided into two types of recyclable and non-recyclable,requiring people to put rubbish into different trash cans so that they can become new resources through different methods of cleaning,transporting andrecycling.

它可以减少垃圾处理量，降低处理成本，减少土地资源的消耗，对社会、经济、生态三方面都有益。It can reduce the garbage disposal costs,deposing costs,and the consumption of land resources,benefiting our society economy and ecology.