Reducing waste
B2 First · Speaking Collaborative · Cambridge Ready original exercise
Talk with your partner about the ideas in the mind map for about two minutes. Then spend about a minute deciding something together.
Now I'm going to ask you to work as a pair for a couple of minutes. Here you'll see some ideas for producing less rubbish, and a question for you to talk about. Take a moment to look at them before you start.
Reducing waste
buying less packaging
repairing broken things
recycling more
giving things away
cooking only what is needed
Now, take about a minute and try to agree which idea would be the easiest for most families to try.
Now, talk together about how much each of these ideas could help people produce less rubbish.
How can people produce less rubbish at home?
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