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Plastic sachets and pollution in Southeast Asia — Level A1 — Someone is collecting trash with gloves.

Plastic sachets and pollution in Southeast AsiaCEFR A1

21 May 2024

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Adapted from Alladin Diega, SciDev • CC BY 2.0

Photo by Kim Ampie, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
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  • Sachets are small plastic packages sold cheaply.
  • People buy sachets for shampoo and coffee.
  • Sachets cause plastic pollution in many places.
  • They are hard to recycle or collect.
  • Volunteers found many used sachets on streets.
  • Campaigners ask companies to stop sachets.
  • Some firms burn sachets as fuel.
  • Governments make new rules about sachets.

Difficult words

  • sachet — a small plastic package for one use
    sachets
  • pollution — dirty or harmful material in the environment
  • recycle — to change waste so it can be used again
  • volunteer — a person who helps without pay
    Volunteers
  • campaigner — someone who asks for social or political change
    Campaigners
  • company — a business that makes or sells products
    companies

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Discussion questions

  • Do you buy products in sachets?
  • Have you seen used sachets on the street?
  • Do you try to recycle plastic at home?

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