Cover of the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5d - Listening skills for the textbook On Screen B1+ - Student's Book with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

What else can we do to reduce waste? In groups, collect information. Prepare a presentation.

Answer

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by saying that reducing waste is extremely important nowadays. The focus of this presentation is to suggest ways to reduce waste at home. There are a number of things we can do. Of course, recycling is the most efficient way to reduce waste as is composing and reducing waste by reusing things. However we can also make sure that when we go shopping we use reusable shopping bags and buy fruit and vegetables loose without packaging.

When we use batteries we can make sure they are rechargeable so we don't have to replace them. We can also give away or sell things we don't need and buy used items instead of new ones whenever we can. Finally, if we need somethings for a short time we can hire it or borrow it rather than buy it.

To sum up, we can recycle, compost and reuse things. We can use reusable shopping bags and avoid excess packaging. We can also use rechargeable batteries, give away things we don't need anymore or buy used items. I'd be glad to answer any questions.

Thank you for your time.