3EM Módulo 28

According to the text:

• more and more people want supermarkets to reduce the amount of plastic waste they produce.

• by 2025, many of the major supermarkets will have stopped using plastic in their in-house products.

• supermarkets are still denying that plastic packaging can cause damage to our environment.

• there is a grocer in Berlin that doesn't allow customers to use their own containers.

The text states that:

• farmdrop doesn't store large amounts of food and so doesn't produce unnecessary waste.

• supermarkets are telling people how much food they are actually wasting.

• farmers supplying food to Farmdrop get a small fraction of the price customers pay.

• The author believes that small shops like Bull Market and Farmdrop will eventually take over the major supermarkets.

However, underlined in the third paragraph, is not a synonym for:

• but

• nevertheless

• yet

• therefore

• nonetheless

1. 1. major: ​ (a)  

2. 2. chain: ​ (b)  

3. 3. to waste: ​ (c)  

4. 4. tonne: ​ (d)  

5. 5. packaging:​ (e)  

• importante
• cadeia
• desperdiçar
• tonelada
• embalagem
• dono de mercearia

6. 6. environment: ​ (a)  

7. 7. grocer: ​ (b)  

8. 8. huge:​ (c)  

9. 9. amount: ​ (d)  

10. 10. to reuse: ​ (e)  

• meio ambiente
• dono de mercearia
• imenso
• quantidade
• reaproveitar
• tonelada
• importante