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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
1 min
53 words
- 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 usesachets
- pollution — dirty or harmful material in the environment
- recycle — to change waste so it can be used again
- volunteer — a person who helps without payVolunteers
- campaigner — someone who asks for social or political changeCampaigners
- company — a business that makes or sells productscompanies
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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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