Language Hub Intermediate B1+, Unit 7.2 - Vocabulary (Waste)

If we ​ (a)   more, we wouldn't have to produce more plastic or glass.

• recycled
• wasted
• reuse
• rubbish
• reduce
• use up
• recycling
• using
• waste

I can't believe you ​ (a)   so much money on that silly diet which didn't even work!

• wasted
• reuse
• rubbish
• reduce
• use up
• recycling
• using
• waste
• recycle

Once these glass bottles are empty, we can ​ (a)   them for storing water.

• reuse
• take away
• rubbish
• reduce
• use up
• recycling
• using
• waste
• recycle

There's so much ​ (a)   in the streets, and it really looks awful!.

• rubbish
• take away
• reuse
• reduce
• use up
• recycling
• using
• waste
• recycle

We're trying to ​ (a)   expenses, so we're buying cheap brands of products.

• reduce
• take away
• reuse
• use up
• recycling
• using
• waste
• recycle
• rubbish

You should ​ (a)   all of the juice in that jar - don't waste it!

• use up
• take away
• reuse
• recycling
• using
• waste
• recycle
• rubbish
• reduce

Gregory: What do you do about recycling in your house, Sasha? Sasha: Well, my mum had this great idea. She put a small recycling ​ (a)   in every room of the house. Gregory: That sounds handy. Sasha: It works quite well in the bathroom. Instead of throwing ​ (b)   the packaging of a tube of toothpaste, for example, it gets recycled.

• bin
• away
• of
• down
• rubbish
• up
• take
• trash

Gregory: I see what you mean. In my house, we've only got one place to get rid ​ (a)   our plastic, paper and glass. And that container fills up really quickly! Sasha: That's right. I have to say, my mum's system works well. It really cuts down on the amount of ​ (b)   we throw away every week. The only disadvantage is that we use ​ (c)   a lot of plastic bin bags.

• of
• rubbish
• up
• in
• away
• bin
• trash

a container for putting rubbish in ...

to make something smaller or less in size, amount, importance etc ...