Plastic waste eaten by enzymes ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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Plastics can be difficult to recycle - could a recently discovered enzyme help? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇 • ❓❓❓ According to the UN, around 400 million tonnes of new plastic is produced every year. Which of the following, if placed on a set of scales, would weigh about the same? • a) all the people on Earth? • b) all the cars on Earth? • c) all the elephants on Earth? • [Cover: Getty Images] • You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉 • https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... • Vocabulary: • ✔️incinerate - burn • ✔️landfill - method of dealing with rubbish by burying it in large holes in the ground • ✔️brittle - easily broken, cracked, or snapped • ✔️downcycling - creating a recycled object of lesser value and quality than the original waste object • ✔️enzyme - chemicals found in living cells which cause changes in other chemicals to happen while not being changed themselves • ✔️show promise - have the potential for success in the future • More 6 Minute English episodes: • ⭐ Feed your brain 👉 • Feed your brain ⏲️ 6 Minute English • ⭐ Food for new mums 👉 • Food for new mums ⏲️ 6 Minute English • ⭐ Fighting loneliness with soup 👉 • Fighting loneliness with soup ⏲️ 6 Mi... • ⭐ What is the future of work 👉 • What is the future of work? ⏲️ 6 Minu... • ⭐ How the language of menus matters 👉 • How the language of menus matters ⏲️ ... • ⭐ The psychology of greed 👉 • The psychology of greed ⏲️ 6 Minute E... • ⭐ Addicted to sugar 👉 • Addicted to sugar ⏲️ 6 Minute English • ⭐ Our love of pets 👉 • Our love of pets ⏲️ 6 Minute English • ⭐ Sexism: Female farmers fighting back 👉 • Sexism: Female farmers fighting back ... • ⭐ Learning lessons from the Moon 👉 • Learning lessons from the Moon ⏲️ 6 M... • 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv • ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish • ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 / bbclearningenglish • ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 / bbclearningenglish.multimedia • ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 / bbclearningenglish • We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 • #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #plastic #plasticwaste #recycling

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