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Recycling ... It starts with YOU! As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers! So how about getting together with your neighbours and starting a community recycling programme? You could set up bottle, paper, plastic, aluminium and clothing recycling banks and take turns to take everything to a local recycling point. In this way, your community will be helping to save limited raw materials. You will also help preserve landfill space and reduce the greenhouse gases that they produce. Bin it, don't drop it ! Have you ever considered how time-consuming it is for local councils to remove litter from our streets? Or how much money it wastes that could be better spent on other services? Organise a litter collection day in your neighbourhood. Get some bin bags and see who can fill the most! Once a few of you take action, others will quickly join in! Get growing! Sick and tired of living in a concrete jungle? Flowers, plants and trees make our communities more welcoming places to live in. They also improve air quality by filtering out pollutants and creating places for small animals and insects to live in. So, organise teams and get planting in your neighbourhood today! Ask your local council for permission to plant trees and flowers along roadsides. Don't forget, every little bit helps!

Read the text and fill in the gaps transforming the capitalized words. Type the words into the box, don't separate them with commas. Waste affects our environment — everything that surrounds us includ­ing the air, water, land, plants, and man-made things. We need a healthy environment for our own health and _____________ . (HAPPY) The waste we create has to be ____________ controlled to be sure that it does not harm our environment and our health. (CAREFUL) So ____________ waste management is very important. (EFFECTIVE) Waste reduction and recycling have a wide range of environmental ben­efits and promote public awareness and personal ______________ for the waste we create. (RESPONSIBLE) The best place to start making a _____________ is our home. Learn how you can reduce, reuse, and recycle materials to decrease household waste. (DIFFER) If we recycle what we can't use any more, we save resources because the ______________ materials replace some of the natural resources including water and energy, which we use to make new products. (RECYCLE)

Read the text and answer the question after it: Do you wonder what happens to the materials you recycle? Think of the recycling logo with the three chasing arrows. Each of them represents one part of the process. Recycling starts when you put your rubbish in the recycling bins. A recycling truck collects all the materials and takes them to recycling facilities for sorting. From there, they are sent to factories and new products are manufactured. This is the second part of the process. The third part is where the consumer comes in. Recycled materials are everywhere, even in the clothing we wear. Buying clothes made from recycled material makes recycling work and completes the recycling loop. Look at my fleece jacket and gloves for example. Here they are! They are great, aren't they? Believe it or not, they are all made of recycled plastic! Next time you go shopping for clothes and accessories, look for items which display the recycling logo. This way you help conserve precious resources and eliminate waste overflow in landfills. Remember you are the driving force. Only you can persuade manufacturers to produce recycled products. How many stages are there in the recycling process?

Read the text and answer the question after it: Do you wonder what happens to the materials you recycle? Think of the recycling logo with the three chasing arrows. Each of them represents one part of the process. Recycling starts when you put your rubbish in the recycling bins. A recycling truck collects all the materials and takes them to recycling facilities for sorting. From there, they are sent to factories and new products are manufactured. This is the second part of the process. The third part is where the consumer comes in. Recycled materials are everywhere, even in the clothing we wear. Buying clothes made from recycled material makes recycling work and completes the recycling loop. Look at my fleece jacket and gloves for example. Here they are! They are great, aren't they? Believe it or not, they are all made of recycled plastic! Next time you go shopping for clothes and accessories, look for items which display the recycling logo. This way you help conserve precious resources and eliminate waste overflow in landfills. Remember you are the driving force. Only you can persuade manufacturers to produce recycled products. Where does a recycling track take the rubbish from the recycling bins?

Read the text and answer the question after it: Do you wonder what happens to the materials you recycle? Think of the recycling logo with the three chasing arrows. Each of them represents one part of the process. Recycling starts when you put your rubbish in the recycling bins. A recycling truck collects all the materials and takes them to recycling facilities for sorting. From there, they are sent to factories and new products are manufactured. This is the second part of the process. The third part is where the consumer comes in. Recycled materials are everywhere, even in the clothing we wear. Buying clothes made from recycled material makes recycling work and completes the recycling loop. Look at my fleece jacket and gloves for example. Here they are! They are great, aren't they? Believe it or not, they are all made of recycled plastic! Next time you go shopping for clothes and accessories, look for items which display the recycling logo. This way you help conserve precious resources and eliminate waste overflow in landfills. Remember you are the driving force. Only you can persuade manufacturers to produce recycled products. What completes the recycling loop?

We often use plastic (SHOP) bags once and throw them away.

A popular trend is using reusable grocery bags to reduce the amount of (HARM) plastic bags.

Batteries are filled with (HAZARD) materials that are dangerous for the environment.

We should buy (RECHARGE) batteries.

There are also special companies that will collect your old batteries and recycle them (SAFE).

Support companies friendly to the environment by buying products made from (RECYCLE) material.

This could be anything from pencils and paper to wallets and (CLOTH).

(RECYCLE) starts with you!

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Read the text and fill in the gaps with the parts of the sentences.

Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F), Not Stated (NS). Glastonbury Festival is the largest open air music and arts festival in the world. It became an example which other festivals followed. Of course, Glastonbury is best known for modern music, but its programme also includes dance, comedy, theatre, circus and other arts. The festival organiser, Michael Eavis, was a common farmer. In 1970 he visited an open air concert which greatly impressed him. So he decided to organise a big festival outdoors in the same year. He knew, it wouldn’t bring any money, but it didn’t matter. At the first festival there were more than one thousand people. Each of them paid £1 for the ticket. The price also included free milk from the farm. Later on, the festival took place almost every year and grew in size and audience. The festival takes place in southwest England on a farm. It's a beautiful and mystical place called the Valley of Avalon. It is surrounded with a lot of legends, symbols, myths, and religious traditions dating back many hundreds of years. Legends say that here King Arthur's sword was made and the king himself was buried there. No wonder that the main stage of the festival, Pyramid Stage, has the form of a pyramid. Many believe that this is a very powerful structure, which gets energy from the stars and gives it to people. In many ways, Glastonbury is like a mix of different festivals, which take place in the countryside and last for a weekend. Each area of the festival has its own character, its own fans and its own special attractions. For example, dance lovers go to the Dance Village. There is also a big cinema area, Theatre and Circus. Children can have fun in the Kids’ Field. Some people spend the whole weekend in their favourite area. However, most of them prefer walking about and trying lots of different things. Most people who stay at Glastonbury Festival live in tents. There are lots of different camping areas, each one with its own atmosphere. You can choose where to stay: in a quiet place or a lively one. There are also places for families and disabled people. Anyway, you should remember to bring a tent with you. Of course, it's possible to rent one, but it's quite expensive. Glastonbury Festival supports Greenpeace and has a number of programmes. There are hundreds of rubbish bins on the territory. All cans, glass, paper, electrical and electronic equipment, wood and waste are separated and recycled. Visitors are asked to clean after themselves and not to leave rubbish. The festival supports those who come by public transport or by bicycle, not by car. If you're thinking about visiting Glastonbury, you should book tickets in advance. Today an average ticket is about £200 for three days which is quite expensive. Nevertheless the tickets are sold out in two or three hours. So be quick to catch them. There are usually more people wishing to get to the festival than tickets.

Read the text and mark the sentence TRUE, FALSE or NOT STATED. Glastonbury Festival is one of the largest open-air music and art festivals in the world. It became an example which other festivals followed. Of course, Glastonbury is best known for modern music, but its program also includes dance, comedy, theatre, circus and other arts. The festival organizer, Michael Eavis, was a common farmer. In 1970 he visited an open-air concert which greatly impressed him. So, he decided to organize a big festival outdoors in the same year. He knew, it wouldn’t bring any money, but it didn’t matter. At the first festival there were more than one thousand people. Each of them paid £1 for the ticket. The price also included free milk from the farm. Later on, the festival took place almost every year and grew in size and audience. The festival takes place in southwest England on a farm. It’s a beautiful and mystical place called the Valley of Avalon. It is surrounded with a lot of legends, symbols, myths, and religious traditions dating back many hundreds of years. Legends say that here King Arthur’s sword was made and the king himself was buried there. No wonder that the main stage of the festival, Pyramid Stage, has the form of a pyramid. Many believe that this is a very powerful structure, which gets energy from the stars and gives it to people. In many ways, Glastonbury is like a mix of different festivals, which take place in the countryside and last for a weekend. Each area of the festival has its own character, its own fans and its own special attractions. For example, dance lovers go to the Dance Village. There is also a big cinema area, Theatre and Circus. Children can have fun in the Kids’ Field. Some people spend the whole weekend in their favourite area. However, most of them prefer walking about and trying lots of different things. Most people who stay at Glastonbury Festival live in tents. There are lots of different camping areas, each one with its own atmosphere. You can choose where to stay: in a quiet place or a lively one. There are also places for families and disabled people. Anyway, you should remember to bring a tent with you. Of course, it’s possible to rent one, but it’s quite expensive. Glastonbury Festival supports Greenpeace and has a number of programs. There are hundreds of rubbish bins on the territory. All cans, glass, paper, electrical and electronic equipment, wood and waste are separated and recycled. Visitors are asked to clean after themselves and not to leave rubbish. The festival supports those who come by public transport or by bicycle, not by car. If you’re thinking about visiting Glastonbury, you should book tickets in advance. Today an average ticket is about £200 for three days which is quite expensive. Nevertheless, the tickets are sold out in two or three hours. So be quick to catch them. There are usually more people wishing to get to the festival than tickets. Michael Eavis started the festival to earn money.

Imagine you're preparing a project “Clean, Green Neighbourhood”. Your classmate has sent you three texts on the topic. Unfortunately, the file is corrupted and the headings have been mixed up. Match the texts to the headings.

Read three texts. Imagine you're preparing a project “Clean, Green Neighbourhood”. Read the information your classmate has sent you. Define where he has found it. A) Recycling … It starts with YOU! As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers! So how about getting together with your neighbours and starting a community recycling programme? You could set up bottle, paper, plastic, aluminium and clothing recycling banks and take turns to take everything to a local recycling point. In this way, your community will be helping save limited raw materials. You will also help preserve landfill space and reduce the greenhouse gases that they produce. B) Bin it, don’t drop it! Have you ever considered how time-consuming it is for local councils to remove litter from our streets? Or how much it wastes that could be better spent on other services? Organise a litter collection day in your neighbourhood. Get some bin bags and see who can fill the most! Once a few of you take action, others will quickly join in! C) Get growing! Sick and tired of living in a concrete jungle? Flowers, plants and trees make our communities more welcoming places to live in. They also improve air quality by filtering out pollutants and creating places for small animals and insects to live in. So, organize teams and get planting in your neighbourhood today! Ask your local council for permission to plant trees and flowers along roadsides. Don’t forget, every little bit helps!

Read three texts. Your teacher has asked you to turn the texts into the format that can be used for attracting your classmates’ attention to different ways of going green. Choose the best format for these texts. A) Recycling … It starts with YOU! As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers! So how about getting together with your neighbours and starting a community recycling programme? You could set up bottle, paper, plastic, aluminium and clothing recycling banks and take turns to take everything to a local recycling point. In this way, your community will be helping save limited raw materials. You will also help preserve landfill space and reduce the greenhouse gases that they produce. B) Bin it, don’t drop it! Have you ever considered how time-consuming it is for local councils to remove litter from our streets? Or how much it wastes that could be better spent on other services? Organise a litter collection day in your neighbourhood. Get some bin bags and see who can fill the most! Once a few of you take action, others will quickly join in! C) Get growing! Sick and tired of living in a concrete jungle? Flowers, plants and trees make our communities more welcoming places to live in. They also improve air quality by filtering out pollutants and creating places for small animals and insects to live in. So, organize teams and get planting in your neighbourhood today! Ask your local council for permission to plant trees and flowers along roadsides. Don’t forget, every little bit helps!

Read three texts. Imagine you are making an information leaflet “Clean, Green Neighbourhood!” and need to сhoose images to make it eye-catching. Match the texts to the pictures.

Imagine that you run volunteer programmes and your friends have asked you to choose volunteering activities suitable for them. Read three texts and match them with your friends’ beliefs.

Read the text and match the titles to the paragraphs.

Read the text and choose the best title. Bright sparks It isn’t just old professors or managing directors with years of experience behind them who have amazing ideas. Here are three ordinary people who are rocking the world with their bright ideas ... and a lot of hard work! Angela Zhang scientist, California, USA Angela Zhang had enjoyed reading advanced science papers from a young age. But when she explained to her chemistry teacher that she had been working on a method for curing cancer, her teacher was stunned! Angela had had the idea of developing a nanoparticle that would deliver drugs to tumours without destroying the surrounding tissue. She asked if she could do research on her idea in a laboratory at Stanford University. Angela admitted that she found it all a little bit overwhelming at first. “But then I found that it almost became like a puzzle, being able to decode something," she added. The results of tests on her discovery have been very promising. Emily Cummins inventor, England Emily Cummins had loved making things from scrap materials ever since her grandfather gave her a hammer when she was only 4 years old. Then, one day, Emily came up with a simple, yet brilliant idea. She designed a portable, eco-friendly fridge that had the potential to help thousands of people in the developing world. ‘'The simplest method of cooling something can be seen when you look at how we cool biologically – through sweating or evaporation," Emily said. So her fridge is made of 2 cylinders, one inside the other. As water between the cylinders evaporates in the sun, heat is removed from the inner cylinder, enabling food to be kept inside at a cool 6 °C. Emily took her design to poor areas of Africa, where people called her ‘the fridge lady’! Now Emily gives talks encouraging young people to follow their dreams. Derreck Kayongo community project leader, Uganda Has it ever crossed your mind how wasteful it is to use a bar of soap in a hotel only a few times? Well, while staying in a hotel in the USA, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo was very shocked to be told that guests were given new soap every day while 2 million young children were dying every year through lack of hygiene in the developing world. This got him thinking. He wondered if he could recycle the soap for people who needed it. So, in 2009, Derreck started asking hotels if they could donate their used bars of soap that would be otherwise put in the bin. “We sanitise them first,” he explained, “then heat them at very high temperatures, chill them and cut them into final bars, it’s a very simple process, but a lot of hard work." So far, Derreck’s "Global Soap Project" has provided more than 100,000 bars of soap to 9 countries absolutely free!

Read the text and choose whether the statements are true or false. Bright sparks It isn’t just old professors or managing directors with years of experience behind them who have amazing ideas. Here are three ordinary people who are rocking the world with their bright ideas ... and a lot of hard work! Angela Zhang scientist, California, USA Angela Zhang had enjoyed reading advanced science papers from a young age. But when she explained to her chemistry teacher that she had been working on a method for curing cancer, her teacher was stunned! Angela had had the idea of developing a nanoparticle that would deliver drugs to tumours without destroying the surrounding tissue. She asked if she could do research on her idea in a laboratory at Stanford University. Angela admitted that she found it all a little bit overwhelming at first. “But then I found that it almost became like a puzzle, being able to decode something," she added. The results of tests on her discovery have been very promising. Emily Cummins inventor, England Emily Cummins had loved making things from scrap materials ever since her grandfather gave her a hammer when she was only 4 years old. Then, one day, Emily came up with a simple, yet brilliant idea. She designed a portable, eco-friendly fridge that had the potential to help thousands of people in the developing world. ‘'The simplest method of cooling something can be seen when you look at how we cool biologically – through sweating or evaporation," Emily said. So her fridge is made of 2 cylinders, one inside the other. As water between the cylinders evaporates in the sun, heat is removed from the inner cylinder, enabling food to be kept inside at a cool 6 °C. Emily took her design to poor areas of Africa, where people called her ‘the fridge lady’! Now Emily gives talks encouraging young people to follow their dreams. Derreck Kayongo community project leader, Uganda Has it ever crossed your mind how wasteful it is to use a bar of soap in a hotel only a few times? Well, while staying in a hotel in the USA, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo was very shocked to be told that guests were given new soap every day while 2 million young children were dying every year through lack of hygiene in the developing world. This got him thinking. He wondered if he could recycle the soap for people who needed it. So, in 2009, Derreck started asking hotels if they could donate their used bars of soap that would be otherwise put in the bin. “We sanitise them first,” he explained, “then heat them at very high temperatures, chill them and cut them into final bars, it’s a very simple process, but a lot of hard work." So far, Derreck’s "Global Soap Project" has provided more than 100,000 bars of soap to 9 countries absolutely free!

You are working on a project ‘Going green’ in small groups. Your groupmate has found an article on the issue and made a summary of it but he has misinterpreted some facts. Read the article and mark the statements from the summary True or False. Sustainable supermarkets Many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of various unethical acts over the past decade. They've wasted tonnes of food, they've underpaid their suppliers and they've contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its impact on our environment. But supermarkets and grocers are starting to sit up and take notice. In response to growing consumer backlash against the huge amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have signed up to a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse, recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take some responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023. In response to criticisms over food waste, some supermarkets are donating some of their food surplus. However, charities estimate that they are only accessing two per cent of supermarkets' total food surplus, so this hardly seems to be solving the problem. Some say that supermarkets are simply not doing enough. Most supermarkets operate under a veil of secrecy when asked for exact figures of food wastage, and without more transparency it is hard to come up with a systematic approach to avoiding waste and to redistributing surplus food. Some smaller companies are now taking matters into their own hands and offering consumers a greener, more environmentally friendly option. Shops like Berlin's Original Unverpakt and London's Bulk Market are plastic-free shops that have opened in recent years, encouraging customers to use their own containers or compostable bags. Online grocer Farmdrop eliminates the need for large warehouses and the risk of huge food surplus by delivering fresh produce from local farmers to its customers on a daily basis via electric cars, offering farmers the lion's share of the retail price. There is no doubt that we still have a long way to go in reducing food waste and plastic waste. But perhaps the major supermarkets might take inspiration from these smaller grocers and gradually move towards a more sustainable future for us all.

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