The Palace Museum, a massive 720,000 square meter complex, has _________ an important mission to create zero waste. Since beginning this effort in January 2020, it has made big strides in ___________ waste and encouraging green habits.

One key change is the reduction of trash bins in public areas. There are now only 110 sets compared to 310 in early 2020. This change shows the museum’s ___________ to cutting waste while protecting its 600-year-old history.

Beyond waste reduction, the museum is also creative with ___________. For example, it has “Funiu ci jiu” sculptures made from 92% recycled waste. These sculptures, ___________ in the Cining Palace area, show how waste can become beautiful art. ___________, over 32,000 plastic bottles have been recycled to make unique cultural products since June 2021. This effort not only ___________ waste but also cuts carbon emissions by 931 kilograms, helping the environmental ___________.

The museum’s zero waste program is based on science and careful planning. Training staff, ___________ zero waste offices, and testing composting methods have helped the museum reach a 45% ____________ rate.

The success of this program is clear with the ____________ of 3,000 staff, 40,000 guides, and 21 million visitors. By leading the way in waste reduction and green practices, the Palace Museum inspires others to follow ____________ .

In short, the museum’s journey to zero waste ____________ heritage protection, environmental care, and ____________ ideas. Its strong commitment and leading efforts set an example for other cultural sites around the world, proving that ____________ and cultural preservation can work together.

Molai grew up in a tiny village in India. The village lay near some wetlands which became his second _______. He learned the value and beauty of _______ there from a very young age.

When he was 16, Molai began to notice something _______ happening around his home. A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the _______ it caused had driven away a number of birds. _______, the number of snakes had declined as well. He _______ that it was because there weren’t enough trees to protect them from the _______. The solution, of course, was to plant trees so the animals could seek _______ during the daytime. He turned to the _______ department for help but was told that nothing would grow there. However, Molai went looking on his own and ________ a nearby island where he began to plant trees.

________ young plants in the dry season was ________ for a lone boy. Molai built at the ________ of each sapling (幼树) a bamboo platform, where he placed pots with small holes to ________ rainwater. The water would then drip (滴落) on the plants below.

Molai ________ to plant trees for the next 37 years. His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally-grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.

Afroz Shall, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn't had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn't spent this time preparing for _______.

His mission? Saving the world's oceans from _______   pollution.

It's a calling he found in 2015 after moving to a community in Mumbai called Versova Beach. He had played there as a child and was _______to see how much it had _______. The sand was no longer _______ because it was covered by a layer of garbage more than five feet thick - most of it plastic waste.

“The whole beach was like a _________of plastic,” he said, “It hurt me. The _______ mess.” Shah had seen is part of a global environmental crisis. More than 8 million tons of plastic _______in the world’s oceans each year. It's predicted that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. “Plastic in the ocean is a _______. And the sea-species have no choice at all,” Shah said, “We are ____________ their habitats.”

In October 2015, shall began ____________ up plastic waste from the beach every Sunday morning. At first, it was just him and a neighbor, and then he began calling on others to join in. Word ____________ and with help from social media, more volunteers got ____________.

For Shah, the work has always been a ____________ journey, but it has earned global attention. After he was ____________ as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations in 2016, Shah now devotes nearly all of his free time to this ______________.

He's now spent 209 weekends on this mission, ____________ more than 200,000 volunteers, some of whom are young students, to join him in what's been called the world's biggest beach cleanup. By October 2018, Versova Beach was ____________ clean and Shah's cleanups expanded to another beach as well as a stretch of the Mithi River and other regions of India.

“This world talks too much. I think we must talk ____________   and do action more,” he said when interviewed by CNN in October 2019. “We are a smart species. Well adapt. We'll learn. And with these youngsters rising up, I see ____________.”