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Opinions About Waste

Focus How can people reduce the

amount of waste they produce?

e.g. They can use fewer products.

Every day, people make garbage or waste. In the

United States, a person throws away 2 kilograms of

n. things that are no longer useful or wanted
n. a container that people put trash into
waste
solid waste per day. Most of it goes into garbage cans
garbage cans
n. an area of land that people put trash on
and is then carted away to landfills.
landfills

Unit 5 | Opinions About Waste