CLOZE EXERCISE

TOXIC WASTE
Domestic waste is one thing; (01)............................ waste is another.
Waste from factories may contain such nasty things as compounds of
heavy metals and dioxins and P!". #o$ody% $ut no$ody% wants that
(0&)............................ stu' in their own $ac(yard. "o what do you do)
*ccording to one man in the $usiness+ ,-t.s simple / you go to "enegal%
D0i$outi or somewhere li(e 1auritania% all poor and semi/desert
countries. 2ou contact the local authorities and they ta(e you
somewhere really cra3y% out in the middle of nowhere% 0ust scorpions and
sna(es. 2ou pay well% and then you start to dig your pit% some 40 metres
down% all (04)............................ and according to the 5"% "wiss and 6
(07)............................ . 8inally% you can start your
(09)............................ .,
-n 6urope it costs a$out :900 a ton to dispose of (0;)............................
waste; in *frica% it can cost as little as :&.90 a ton. <he sums of money
involved in the $usiness are (0=)............................ + according to a report
in The Independent% an *frican diplomat in >ondon said he was o'ered
?4 million $y a company dealing in toxic waste for an
(0@)............................ to his country.s president.
* properly organi3ed waste (0A)............................ trade could easily
wipe out the country.s national de$t. 8rom !enin comes the story of the
shipment of two cargoes of radioactive waste from 8rance. Beports that
it has $een $uried in an area (nown for its (10)............................ to the
government have $een denied.