Part A
Text-based tasks
1
Decide whether the following statements are right or wrong.
| a | Kaffeeform produces fertilizer by using old cups and plates. |
| b | In the 1970s, students made wooden apple boxes from bookshelves. |
| c | Making your own patchwork blanket was a way of saving money. |
| d | TerraCycle is doing business worldwide. |
| e | TerraCycle provides containers to collect its business partners' waste. |
| f | Upcycling shortens the life span of products like drinking bags. |
(3)
2
Finish the sentences using the information from the text.
| a | After being upcycled, an old piano ... |
| b | Scrapyards are the places ... |
| c | "Greenwashing" means that ... |
| d | The idea of "outsmarting waste" finally will come true when... |
(8)
3
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
| a | How does upcycling work in general? |
| b | In what way do business partners profit from working together with TerraCycle? (2 items) |
| c | What is the environmental disadvantage of drinking bags? |
(6)
4
Ask questions.
You meet Tom and Jon, who started TerraCycle. Ask them four questions about the company.
Use four different question forms.
Use four different question forms.
(6)
(23)
1
Decide whether the following statements are right or wrong.
| a | Kaffeeform produces fertilizer by using old cups and plates. | wrong |
| b | In the 1970s, students made wooden apple boxes from bookshelves. | wrong |
| c | Making your own patchwork blanket was a way of saving money. | right |
| d | TerraCycle is doing business worldwide. | right |
| e | TerraCycle provides containers to collect its business partners' waste. | right |
| f | Upcycling shortens the life span of products like drinking bags. | wrong |
2
Finish the sentences using the information from the text.
| a | After being upcycled, an old piano was turned into a designer bookshelf / became a designer bookshelf. |
| b | Scrapyards are the places where upcyclers go to pick up things they might need to design their products. |
| c | "Greenwashing" means that companies use green arguments as a marketing strategy (to improve their image). |
| d | The idea of "outsmarting waste" finally will come true when the government has worked out products and materials that are 100 per cent recyclable. |
3
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
| a | How does upcycling work in general? Waste / old materials or products are used to create / design new products (instead of simply disposing of them) |
| b | In what way do business partners profit from working together with TerraCycle? (2 items)
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| c | What is the environmental disadvantage of drinking bags? Drinking bags are usually single-use products and almost impossible to recycle. |
4
Ask questions.
You meet Tom and Jon, who started TerraCycle. Ask them four questions about the company.
Use four different question forms.
Use four different question forms.
- Jon, whose idea was it to start TerraCycle?
- What are your plans for the future?
- Can you tell me what your motivation was to start TerraCycle?
- How do you react to the greenwashing accusations?