Name: How can I help the environment? - 6 Minute English
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T08:20:13.000Z
Duration: 6 min 31 s
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Neil: Hello. This is 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.

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Neil: Now, tell me about your teeth-cleaning routine.

Sam: OK. Well, it’s pretty good, I think.

Sam: Nothing fancy, just a regular, cheap plastic one.

Neil: Well, imagine all the toothbrushes you’ve

You do realise that probably they all still exist

Sam: Oh dear, and I thought I was actually quite

But that’s quite shocking. I hadn’t thought of that.

Neil: Well it’s just one of the problems we are

A marvellous invention that has given us so much.

we are beginning to realise it's causing many

More on this topic shortly, but first, a question:

but where was the first artificial plastic developed?

Sam: I’m going to have a guess at Switzerland.

Neil: OK, we’ll find out if you’re right

The topic was featured on the BBC Woman’s Hour

Madeleine Murray is from an Irish organisation that

gives advice to businesses and communities

She was asked about what she does in her daily life

Madeleine Murray: My personal, like, pet peeve

I buy in bulk now. I buy the biggest yoghurt I can buy.

I buy big cereal boxes. I buy big shampoo bottles.

We can decant stuff into lunch boxes and we can,

Neil: So, what food does she mention, Sam?

Sam: She talked about yoghurt, cereal, pasta and rice.

Neil: And what was she saying about those foods?

Sam: She was saying that she buys the biggest

- and not just food - things like shampoo as well.

Sam: Well, she says that her pet peeve is small

She doesn’t like small packs because they use a

lot of packaging for a small amount of product.

Buying in bulk means 'buying a lot of something'.

And if you have a lot of something like rice or pasta,

you can always transfer it to different smaller

So that’s one area where we can all be a bit more

Another area is reusing things that are perfectly good

Dr Tara Shine is a colleague of Madeleine Murray

and she talked about how new parents often

buy a lot of new things for their babies,

which they then throw away when the child

She suggests that it’s better to pass these things on

culture is really, really important in the world of kids

and there are lots of things that can be passed down,

whether it’s toys or the equipment, or the high chair,

whatever it is, all of that can be passed on

Neil: She used another expression for passing things

Sam: Yes, she talked about the hand-me-down culture.

These were toys and clothes from my older cousins,

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