Hi guys! I’m Charlene from BBC Learning English.
With one million drinks bottles just like this one
being sold around the world every minute,
plastic pollution is a truly international problem
and more and more of us are looking at ways
to use less plastic in our daily lives –
or even to live ‘plastic free’.
With the world’s first plastic-free aisle
opening in a Dutch supermarket this week,
everybody’s talking about it,
and I’m asking three questions to find out the actual
words people are saying. Question one.
How concerned are you about the amount of plastic
in the environment?
Really concerned. It’s affecting everything, isn’t it?
Yeah, it is really concerning you know, you see all
the beaches washed up with plastic
and everything like that… it’s not great.
Very.
Who do you think is responsible for solving
the plastic pollution problem?
I would say the governments of every country
could legislate against so many products
being manufactured in plastic.
Well I think the government have a big part to
play in it, retailers, all the shops, but also people as well.
Unfortunately, it’s all of us…
Until there is less demand for plastic, these companies
are going to keep producing it, unfortunately.
Could you see yourself making a conscious effort
to live plastic free in the future?
Yeah, of course… if we all start thinking of ways to live
plastic free, I think we can eventually get there,
it’s just gonna be a long process.
I have thought about it a lot… I would love to
but yeah, at the moment I can’t see how
that would be possible.
Yeah I think I could. I already do to a certain degree.
I kind of go to shops more and – more than often
that don’t do plastic bags.
I don’t think it’s a necessity, put it that way.
So there you go: Everybody’s talking about ‘plastic free’
and now you can too!
There’s a recap coming up in just a second –
but don’t forget you can find out more about this
topic at BBC Learning English dot com,
you can also find us on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – and get talking!
See you next time!
With one million drinks bottles just like this one
being sold around the world every minute,
plastic pollution is a truly international problem
and more and more of us are looking at ways
to use less plastic in our daily lives –
or even to live ‘plastic free’.
With the world’s first plastic-free aisle
opening in a Dutch supermarket this week,
everybody’s talking about it,
and I’m asking three questions to find out the actual
words people are saying. Question one.
How concerned are you about the amount of plastic
in the environment?
Really concerned. It’s affecting everything, isn’t it?
Yeah, it is really concerning you know, you see all
the beaches washed up with plastic
and everything like that… it’s not great.
Very.
Who do you think is responsible for solving
the plastic pollution problem?
I would say the governments of every country
could legislate against so many products
being manufactured in plastic.
Well I think the government have a big part to
play in it, retailers, all the shops, but also people as well.
Unfortunately, it’s all of us…
Until there is less demand for plastic, these companies
are going to keep producing it, unfortunately.
Could you see yourself making a conscious effort
to live plastic free in the future?
Yeah, of course… if we all start thinking of ways to live
plastic free, I think we can eventually get there,
it’s just gonna be a long process.
I have thought about it a lot… I would love to
but yeah, at the moment I can’t see how
that would be possible.
Yeah I think I could. I already do to a certain degree.
I kind of go to shops more and – more than often
that don’t do plastic bags.
I don’t think it’s a necessity, put it that way.
So there you go: Everybody’s talking about ‘plastic free’
and now you can too!
There’s a recap coming up in just a second –
but don’t forget you can find out more about this
topic at BBC Learning English dot com,
you can also find us on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – and get talking!
See you next time!
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