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Read about Martina and answer True or False.

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Every family uses water for showers, washing clothes,, cooking, and drinking. Martina wants to save water by turning off the tap when brushing her teeth, and by putting a bucket in the shower to collect water while waiting for it to get warm to reuse it.

In the USA, 40% of food is thrown away everyday.This waste has an environmental impact as it corresponds to land use, pesticides, and water irrigation wasted. Rotting food in a landfill releases methane, a greenhouse gas. Martina will start composting this week to avoid food waste.

a.In the USA, 60% of food is wasted.

b.Water can be saved by putting a bucket in the shower.

C.Composting releases methane gas.

d. Martina will turn off the tap when brushing her teeth.

Read My Green Resolutions and then, write your own. What habits are you going to change this year?

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (2020) Solving food waste.Retrieved from www.rescuingleftovercuisine.org/challenge

My Green Resolutions

At school, I'm going to refuse single-use plastic and change disposable materials I like plastic cutlery and plastic bottles for reusable ones.At home,I'm going to separate cans, plastic bottles,milk carton,carboard, and newspapers.Then I will clean them and take them to a recycling facility.





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Unit 3 · Changing Habits