https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/7af1967d-2ce2-4e68-bb01-62df606b0e44 With countries shutting their doors to foreign recyclable waste and a lack of processing capacity in Western countries, is the recycling system broken? Neil and Georgina talk about the excessive reliance on recycling rather than reducing the use of plastics and teach you related vocabulary along the way. This week's question On average, how many kilograms of household waste were generated per person in the UK last year? Was it: a) 280 kg b) 480 kg c) 680 kg Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary scrap unwanted waste material; rubbish public at large most people (in the world), rather than just some of them raise consciousness develop awareness of an unfair situation, with the aim of making people want to help in changing it virgin plastic original, unused plastic containers before anything else is done to it– made directly from crude oil or natural gas slogan short, easily remembered phrase, often used to advertise an idea or product emphasised highlighted as being especially important; drawn attention to You can download the audio and a transcript from our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200528 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬: The power of crying https://youtu.be/Joc4kJ4M1Bk Lockdown: Tips for parents coping with kids at home https://youtu.be/BCzbEQlk3to The importance of handwashing https://youtu.be/vHtvi6EtGkw Shocking facts about electricity https://youtu.be/xg7OWeR7tr4 The soothing power of books https://youtu.be/oviVRMuVgAs #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #recycling #vocabulary #environment #recycle Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:14:59 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/7af1967d-2ce2-4e68-bb01-62df606b0e44 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.