A friend of the Earth

Pair Work

C. Now ask and answer these questions in pairs.

1. How can you cut down your shopping list?

Answer We can cut down our shopping list by questioning whether we need all the items on the list and how much we need them.

2. What can you do to reuse things?

Answer To reuse things, we need to buy durable things, use them properly and repair them if needed. Moreover, we can think about their creative use before discarding them after use.

3. What kind of household goods, clothes and toys, can be donated?

Answer Used and reusable household goods, clothes, and toys can be donated.

4. How can you sell your used items?

Answer Used items can be sold through ads in local newspapers.

5. How recycling may help save our environment?

Answer Recycling items mean less trash in a resource recovery facility or landfill which is more environment friendly. Thus, recycling may help save our environment.

6. Why should we buy durable things?

Answer We should buy durable things so that we do not have to trash things every now and then and add to the existing garbage.

7. What should we do to the things which cannot be recycled?

Answer We should think of people who might be able to use things that cannot be recycled. We can also donate things to the poor. We can also sell the things to other people.

E. To do this exercise, you will need information about recycling in your local community. If you don't know, ask your teacher to help you learn what you can recycle from your home. Then choose one item from the box to talk about it following the model below.

A: What are you going to do with these old magazines?

B: I don't know what to do with these.

A: Why don't you reuse/recycle them?

B: How can I do that?

A: It's easy. Take them to a shop that buys old newspapers and magazines for recycling

Household items

glass bottles and jars, containers and toys, aluminium foils or trays, aerosol cans, box boards, magazines and catalogues, old CDs

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