Pre-intermediate insight unit 3

Imagine you can drink a glass of cola and then __________ the bottle just like any other item of food. Not possible? Well, edible packaging might soon be a reality.

• package

• produce

• eat

In the UK, people ___________ 6.6m tonnes of food and drink packaging every year.

• grow

• throw away

• refridgerate

One company is _________ WikiCells, a sort of balloon that keeps liquids inside, but that you can later eat.

• recycling

• producing

• packaging

You might not even have to ________ your drinks to keep them cold.

• recycle

• eat

• refrigerate

This also means that there won’t be any need to ________ all the paper and plastic that comes with food packaging.

• grow

• transport

• recycle

Help the planet and become eco- (a)   !

Reduce food ____________ and stop global ____________ by buying fruit and vegetables from local farmers.

• miles/warming

• waste/cooling

• miles/waste

· Read labels on the things that you buy to check if any of the packaging can be taken to a ____________ centre. Do the same with other things that can be reused. Take the things that can’t be reused to the ____________ dump.

• recycle/energy

• trash/rubbish

• recycle/rubbish

• trash/recycle

What container do you put milk and vinegar in?

(a)  

What container do you put milk and eggs in?

(a)