ГДЗ по английскому языку 8 класс Ваулина, Дули, Подоляко, Эванс - ответ страница 38

ГДЗ Английский язык 8 класс spotlight Ваулина Ю.Е. 2016-2025 — готовые ответы и решения

Авторы: Ваулина Ю.Е., Дули Д., Подоляко О.Е., Эванс В.

Серия: Spotlight

Тип книги: Учебник

Год: 2016-2025

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Going green 2
1. What type of bag do you usually carry your shopping in?

2. Look at the chart below and copy it into your notebooks. Read the title of the text and complete the first two rows of the chart.
What I already know
What I want to know
What I learned
Now I can learn more
Paper bag vs Plastic bag
Where does it come from?
Paper: As you know, paper comes from trees. But you may not know that it takes about three tonnes of wood chips to get one tonne of paper pulp. Can you imagine the number of trees needed every year just to make paper? You might also be surprised to know that we wash, bleach and colour this paper pulp using chemicals that harm the environment.
Plastic: Plastic comes from oil. Now, we all know that the oil industry causes pollution. Furthermore, the manufacturing of plastic bags uses a lot of electricity which is not good for the environment.
Where does it end its life?
Paper: Your paper bag can end up in a landfill site where it will take years to break down. If you take it to a recycling centre, it means more energy and chemicals are used. Either way, there's waste.
Plastic: Like paper, plastic bags often end up in landfills. In fact, in the UK, for example, we recycle only 1 in 200 plastic bags. So what happens to the rest? We throw them away. A plastic bag takes more than 1,000 years to decompose. In the meantime, plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtles and other marine animals to die every year, when animals mistake them for food.

The verdict
We use large amounts of natural resources to make both paper and plastic bags. Both bags end up in the landfill anyway, so neither of them is the winner. The best way to carry your shopping and protect the environment at the same time is to choose a reusable fabric bag. Reusable bags take minimal energy to make, are light and last for years. Go online and find out more!