Задание

Put the elements into the gaps

  • resources
  • Reduce
  • disposable
  • in bulk
  • Reuse
  • garage sales
  • Recycle
  • pickup services
  • decrease
  • increase
  • lack

The strategy of 3Rs — Reduce, Reuse and Recycle — helps to control the amount of waste people throw away. It saves energy and natural [ ], reduces pollution and the need for landfill sites.

  1. [ ] the waste we can produce. How to do that? Shop carefully. Avoid overpackaging and [ ] goods, which are difficult to recycle. Focus your attention on buying durable goods, the ones that can carry good warranties. A good idea is to buy products [ ] in larger, economy size packaging.

  2. [ ] products in different ways. It is economic and environmentally sensible. Use plastic containers and paper bags, repair broken toys or furniture. If it is possible, sell old clothes, devices in [ ] or ads, donate them to charities.

  3. [ ]. Buy goods made from recycled materials and use recycled things too. Explore your neighbourhood to find recycling centres and [ ] to see what they accept. These can be cans, newspapers, glass, plastic or batteries.

These simple recommendations can be the first step to solve the problem of rubbish pollution and [ ] pressure on the ecosystem on the whole.