Does recycling coffee cups make a difference? 6 Minute English
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Most takeaway coffee cups are not recyclable because they're lined with plastic. One big coffee shop chain has introduced a 5p levy for using a disposable cup, to encourage people to bring their own; another one pledged to recycle as many disposable coffee cups as they produce by 2020. Neil and Rob discuss if this is enough to encourage coffee drinkers to behave in a more environmentally-friendly way. And they teach you related vocabulary.
You'll find the transcript and vocabulary on our website: www.bbc.co.uk/l...
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
What to do when you can't sleep
• What to do when you ca...
Women's football World Cup
• Women's football - 6 M...
Is there anything good about shame?
• Is there anything good...
Would you invest in cryptocurrencies?
• Would you invest in cr...
Falling for fraud
• Falling for fraud - 6 ...
𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞
designed to be thrown away after a short time
𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞
designed to be used many times
𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭
gradually introducing something new to a business
𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
buildings or structures that are needed for something to work.
𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞
a gentle push
𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 (𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥
to make a strong effort against something
[Cover: Getty Images]
#BBCLearningEnglish #6MinuteEnglish #LearnEnglish
We've been discussing ethical coffee too. Hear the discussion here ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=AfNSMykrG1I
In Taiwan, all the drink shop included coffee bar offer a special option, if guests bring own bottle,they will have discount for every beverages purchased. We also reduce plastic bags used,recycling or prepare own bag.
BTW, I love coffee with cocoa!
謝品柔 same in mainland of China. We’re more caring about the future environment than ever.
It's great that you are making progress on it though! All of these solutions will work in time! As for coffee with cocoa, that's called a 'mochaccino'. They are delicious. In fact, you've inspired me to go and get one right now! Thanks!
Makes difference, certainly.
Jambo from Kenya. Thank you so much for this piece!
I love your videos!
But is it possible to write the vocabulary under the video?
Best wishes from Austria!
Thank you so much! I learn new expressions through your lesson✨
You are welcome.
Great lesson as always! Thanks! 👍👍👍
I love coffee
I drink coffee every morning which makes me energetic
I appreciate BBC care for the environment
Care *about*
Ảnh Vũ Ngọc Lưu But you can say you care for someone
@@mamymimma thanks
I cannot wait for BBC Learning English to roll out new videos and lessons😝
Well said! We have new videos and lessons every day so to keep up to day make sure you subscribe and ring the bell!
I feel glad when I watch this videos and I can understand the information I feel that I improve my listening and obviously I can practice my writting and grammar.
Thank you for do this videos ;)
Good vibes BBC !
We love hearing stories like this! Thanks for sharing your story! We wish you luck in your studies. Try using our app to stay up-to-date with all our latest and favourite videos and lessons: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/app
🙂
Thank you.
So I need a nudge to learn more! 😍😍
Thank you so much
Thank you BBC
"fight tooth and nail" in this video means: "to make a strong effort against something". But when i searched this idiom in CambridgeDictionary, this idiom means: "to try very hard to get something you want". Can BBC explain this? Thanks!
Yes, sure. Actually, our definition and Cambridge's are quite similar. We say 'make a strong' effort and they say 'try very hard'. We mean that we put all our effort into achieving something. This effort can be put into getting something that you want or in stopping something that you don't want to happen.
E.g. "I fought tooth and nail to get this job" or "I fought tooth and nail to stop my friend from being sacked". So, it can be used in either way.
Does that help clarify things for you?
Thanku
Thank you very much ❤
Thank you so so much
Hi
I can't thank you enough
As usual your episode is such a great and wonderful video,in addition those amazing presenters have to work as teachers in universities because they are really perfect.Anyway,I don't like coffee and I'm not fond of it at all unlike my father and a brother of mine.However,you reminded me of useful vocab,provided me a new one as well.Thanks again
Thanks a lot
Well, it is a problem, but what is worse is that people in my country, after drinking their coffee or other beverages, they dump or throw their cups away wherever they're walking.
Finding solutions for this problem requires more governments' funds to build industries recycling these wastes, and more international conferences discussing how to create other types of material not polluting the environment, which is already in a big danger.
Great way to improve listening ability!
We have to prepare platform to recycle process to reduce plastics that end in the occasion or the dam
Привет ! Большая просьба писать субтитры покрупнее..
goodgo
It would be great if you write vocabulary under the video
@Ажар Кабдоллина yes
Hi following you from Pakse Laos PDR
very nice
greetings from somalia !
I have no idea why some people dislike the video 🤔
Maybe because they don't understand anything ! Haha lol
Great video
1:47
Can I use these vocabulary in ielts writing test?
Such a good day will start by a cup of coffe
Thank you, BBC. 💚
The most interesting video
I prefer milk tea to coffee 😂
16/04/2022
😢 Why I can't understand the conversation?
Hi! Have you tried listening with the subtitles on? That will certainly help you understand better. And don't forget that if you listen on our website or on our app, you can read the transcript while listening too! Here's the link: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-190801
@@bbclearningenglish thanks a lot, I can understand with subtitles but I want to improve my listening skill but unfortunately I can't understand what I hear
@@AaaAaaa-zy7ob more practicing , you will be better :-)
Hay
Are these words used frequently and naturally in daily conversations? Especially fight tooth and nail and rolling out.
similar to drinking bubble tea
It was better if y wrote the words that were used
Are the answers to the quiz questions scripted as well?
The country which his people drink so much coffee in the universe is Algeria
Do you know why ?
👉 because you will find between two coffee shop another coffee shop 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the tip! The next time we buy coffee, we'll try and get some Algerian!
And Brazil?
@@bbclearningenglish thanks 😂😂you are welcome
@@welingtonsa really??
I think for that we love football, Brazilian football team and Brazilian coffee
We are so similar 😂😂😂
Ha! One coffee shop between two others. I like this expression.
Its funny, british and americans are all the time speaking about problems they created, as if it was everybody's problem. In any portuguese cafe the coffee is served in a reusable cup.
That's certainly a very practical solution to this problem! However, what happens when you buy a coffee to take away? Do they give you the reusable cup too or is it a disposable one?
I dont understand the video a little
Climate is changing, but this is the cycle of the world, don't you remember the Sahara was an ocean, and the northamerica was under permanent glaces.
💓💓💓💜💛💚💙💟
Transcript
Note: This is not a word for word transcript
Neil
Hello, and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.
Rob
And I'm Rob.
Neil
Now Rob, we’ve talked before on this programme about our love of coffee.
Rob
Oh yes, indeed. I couldn’t function without it.
Neil
But have you ever thought about the environmental consequences of all those disposable coffee cups?
Rob
Oh yes, indeed. I always carry a reusable cup with me so I don’t have to throw one away.
Neil
So if a disposable cup is one you throw away, a reusable one is one that you can use again and again.
Rob
Yes, there is a big problem with disposable cups in that many of them can’t be recycled, so there is a lot of waste for something we only use for a short time.
Neil
What are the big coffee shop chains doing about this problem? We’ll find out a little bit more shortly, but first, a quiz for you. Which country drinks the most coffee per capita - so not the total amount of coffee but the average per person. Is it:
a) Japan
b) Kenya, or
c) Finland
What do you think, Rob?
Rob
Ooh, tricky. I don’t think the Japanese are big coffee drinkers and I know they produce a lot of coffee in Kenya. I’m surprised the USA isn’t on the list but I’m going to go with Finland. Just because.
Neil
Well, we'll see if you're right later in the programme. On a recent BBC You and Yours radio programme they discussed the topic of coffee cups. Some of the big chains are now charging customers more for a disposable cup and giving discounts if people bring their own reusable. However not all of the shops actually collect old cups and sort them for recycling in the shop itself. Here’s Jaz Rabadia from Starbucks, Is the store only interested in facilities inside their shops?
Jaz Rabadia
It is something that we are in the process of rolling out and it will be in all of our stores. It's also not just our stores in which these cups end up. So we're doing a lot of work outside of our store environment to ensure that paper cups can be recycled on the go. We're working with our environmental charity partner Hubbub to increase recycling infrastructure outside of our stores because that too is where a lot of our cups will end up.
Neil
So are they just working in their stores at improving recycling?
Rob
Well no, after all most people take their coffee out of the stores, so they are working on recycling infrastructure outside as well. This will be things like bins and collection points which are clearly marked for coffee cups.
Neil
And what about enabling recycling cups in store?
Rob
Well she said that was something they are rolling out to all stores. Rolling out here means introducing over a period of time. So it’s starting to happen, but is not finished yet.
Neil
Let’s listen again.
Jaz Rabadia
It is something that we are in the process of rolling out and it will be in all of our stores. It's also not just our stores in which these cups end up. So we're doing a lot of work outside of our store environment to ensure that paper cups can be recycled on the go. We're working with our environmental charity partner hubbub to increase recycling infrastructure outside of our stores because that too is where a lot of our cups will end up.
Neil
Not everyone, however, believes that the coffee chains are doing everything that they can. This is Mary Creagh, a member of the British parliament. She compares the situation to that of the plastic bag charge. This was a law brought in to force shops to charge customers for plastic bags, which previously had been free.
Mary Creagh MP
If you think you’re having to pay extra for something, as we saw with the plastic bags, we think a similar psychological measure is needed, a nudge measure, to encourage people to remember to bring their reusable cup with them and of course this is something that the coffee shops have been fighting tooth and nail.
Neil
She thinks that we consumers need a nudge to help us remember our reusable cups.
Rob
Yes, we need a nudge, which is a little push, a reason. In this case, she is thinking of a law to make them charge more. But she says the coffee chains really don’t want this, they are, she says, fighting it tooth and nail. If you fight something tooth and nail you are against it completely and try to stop it.
Neil
Let's hear MP Mary Creagh again.
Mary Creagh MP
If you think you’re having to pay extra for something, as we saw with the plastic bags, we think a similar psychological measure is needed, a nudge measure, to encourage people to remember to bring their reusable cup with them and of course this is something that the coffee shops have been fighting tooth and nail.
Neil
Time to review our vocabulary, but first, let’s have the answer to the quiz question. Which country drinks the most coffee per capita? Is it:
a) Japan
b) Kenya, or
c) Finland
What did you think, Rob?
Rob
I took a bit of a guess at Finland.
Neil
Well, congratulations, your guess was correct. The Finns on average get through an amazing 12kg of coffee a year, each. Now, onto the vocabulary.
Rob
We had a couple of related but opposite words. Something disposable is designed to be used once or a few times and then thrown away and a reusable is designed to be used again and again.
Neil
We then had rolling out which in a business sense is the process of gradually introducing something new. This could be a new system, new product, new technology or even a new way of doing things.
Rob
New ideas often need new infrastructure. This is usually physical structures that are needed to make something work, for example rail infrastructure includes tracks, stations and signals.
Neil
A nudge is a small push, to encourage us to do something. You don’t need a nudge to carry a reusable coffee cup, do you?
Rob
Oh, no, I’m all for it. In fact I’d fight tooth and nail to keep hold of my reusable. Which is quite a coincidence as that was our last expression today. To fight tooth and nail means to make a strong effort to try to stop something or achieve something.
Neil
Well, that’s all from us. We look forward to your company next time. Until then, you can find us in all the usual places on social media, online and on our app. Just search for 'BBC Learning English'. Goodbye!
Rob
Goodbye!
Thank you so much!
Great video
Thank you! There are plenty more on our playlist! ruclips.net/video/fVpEwW_4Yt4/видео.html