а)
I try not to throw away food so I do it very rarely. I think it is a shame to throw food away so I mostly buy fresh food in small quantities to cook the same day. I only throw away food if it is past its sell by date. I throw one or two items of clothing away about every six months when something is worn out. I try not to throw electrical goods away, but when something is broken I take it to a recycling centre.
b) I think people could reduce food waste by buying and preparing food in smaller quantities. We could reduce electronic waste by either taking the item to a recycling centre or repairing it and as for clothes we could also try to mend worn or torn pieces of clothing or use the material to make something else. Of course, there is also the option of donating old clothes to charity.
I try not to throw away food so I do it very rarely. I think it is a shame to throw food away so I mostly buy fresh food in small quantities to cook the same day. I only throw away food if it is past its sell by date. I throw one or two items of clothing away about every six months when something is worn out. I try not to throw electrical goods away, but when something is broken I take it to a recycling centre.
b) I think people could reduce food waste by buying and preparing food in smaller quantities. We could reduce electronic waste by either taking the item to a recycling centre or repairing it and as for clothes we could also try to mend worn or torn pieces of clothing or use the material to make something else. Of course, there is also the option of donating old clothes to charity.
The text is about people who believe in reducing waste and scavenge bins for food and things they can use.
1 C 2 G 3 D 4 A 5 F 6 В
1 afford to
2 rummaged
3 discarded
4 pitying
5 tucking into
6 recycle
7 edible
8 tempted to
2 rummaged
3 discarded
4 pitying
5 tucking into
6 recycle
7 edible
8 tempted to
1 poisoning
2 sell-by
3 needs
4 landfill
5 waste
6 frozen
7 closing
8 high-street
9 sealed
10 flat-screen
11 roasted
12 steamed
1 Eating food from bins carries the risk of food poisoning.
2 A lot of food is thrown out because it is past its sell-by date.
3 If we only shop for our everyday needs, there would be less waste.
4 17 million tons of food goes to landfill sites in Britain every year.
5 Freeganism is a reaction to consumer waste.
6 Frozen ready meals are often thrown away by supermarkets on the day of the sell-by date.
7 Freegans rummage through supermarket bins after closing time.
8 High-street stores throw out a lot of goods.
9 They sell vegetables in sealed bags.
10 Flat-screen TVs don’t have curved screens which helps the image look more lifelike.
11 Roasted onions is a great vegetable side dish.
12 Steamed cabbage is easy to prepare and is rich in iron.
2 sell-by
3 needs
4 landfill
5 waste
6 frozen
7 closing
8 high-street
9 sealed
10 flat-screen
11 roasted
12 steamed
1 Eating food from bins carries the risk of food poisoning.
2 A lot of food is thrown out because it is past its sell-by date.
3 If we only shop for our everyday needs, there would be less waste.
4 17 million tons of food goes to landfill sites in Britain every year.
5 Freeganism is a reaction to consumer waste.
6 Frozen ready meals are often thrown away by supermarkets on the day of the sell-by date.
7 Freegans rummage through supermarket bins after closing time.
8 High-street stores throw out a lot of goods.
9 They sell vegetables in sealed bags.
10 Flat-screen TVs don’t have curved screens which helps the image look more lifelike.
11 Roasted onions is a great vegetable side dish.
12 Steamed cabbage is easy to prepare and is rich in iron.
We should recycle as much as possible and we can donate things to charity, too. We can give things to friends or sell them at a flea market or at a car boot sale. We can use websites like freecycle.com to give things away. Old electrical items can go to charity to help poor families or schools in need of computers.
At the beginning I felt uncomfortable, especially when passers-by looked at me. I was also a bit afraid of picking up some disease from the bins or getting food poisoning from anything I ate, but, in the end, I actually began to think that scavenging in bins makes a lot of sense. I found lots of fresh fruit and vegetables in a bin outside a supermarket as well as some tins of ravioli, which made an excellent meal that evening. Overall, I think that my actions that day not only earned me a free meal, but also helped reduce waste.
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