1. Read the text: Why throw away so much? Many countries bury (заканавать)and forget about millions of tons of rubbish(Mycop) с very year. It is known that in one year, a European family with two children throws away (выбрасываю) about50 kilos of paper (that's six trees), and about 60 kilos of plastic. The Green World reports say that in one year the average person throws away: about 70 food cans(консервные банки). 34 cans of pet food and about 70 drink cans. But we don't have to throw away all our waste paper, glass, metal and plastic. We can also burn (eжигать) or recycle (перерабатывать) a lot of it. In fact waste can be wonderful stuff (материал). Many things that we throw away can still be useful. In fact it's possible to recycle 57% of domestic rubbish (бытовой мусор). We can recycle most kinds of paper, glass, metal and plastic. But only 4% of recyclable material is actually recycled. Recycling is expensive. But it saves trees and energy and protects the environment from pollution. Answer the questions: 1. How many kilos of paper does a European family throw away? 2. What can we learn from the Green World reports? 3. What kind of material can be burned or recycled? 4. Is recycling cheap for our government? 5. What does it save? 11. Read the text: Packaging (ynаковка) These days, people usually do shopping in supermarkets. Nearly everything is packed in paper or plastic containers. Some of this "packaging" is necessary. It keeps food clean and fresh. But some packaging is not necessary. It's just to make the food look better. Every year in Britain each person produces about 57 kilograms of plastic waste. Disposing (утилизация) of all this plastic is an expensive problem. But that's not all. Making plastic causes pollution. Unfortunately, some of this packaging doesn't reach the bins (мусорные баки). It becomes litter instead. Some people simply tear (срывают) the wrapping off sweets and throw it away. They drop their cigarette packets and cans of drink without a thought. In the town their litter looks horrible. But fortunately someone clears it away. In the country side, it remains in the fields and on the roadsides unless the people who live nearby pick it up. It can kill or hurt farm animals. Bottles and cans cause cuts, and the animals can eat polythene bags and die, or put their heads in them and suffocate. Answer the questions: 1. Is the packaging is necessary for us? Why? 2. How many kilos of plastic wastes does each person produce every year? 3. What kind of litter do some people throw away? 4. What can you see in the town and in the countryside? 5. How can the litter harm farmer animals?