{"id":15678,"date":"2020-11-09T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=15678"},"modified":"2020-11-13T11:07:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T10:07:54","slug":"plastic-bag-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/11\/plastic-bag-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Bag Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco is one of the first cities in the U.S. to ban the use of plastic shopping bags to reduce the environmental impact caused by plastic waste. The ban is not only on the use of plastic bags but also use of paper as their goal is to &#8220;bring your own&#8221; in promotion of reusable bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and be able to answer the questions that follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manythings.org\/b\/e\/234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.manythings.org\/b\/e\/234\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think of banning plastic and paper bags in promotion of reusable bags?<\/li><li>What are the advantages and drawbacks of this ban?<\/li><li>In your country, what bags do shops and grocery stores provide to customers when they buy products and goods from their stores?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate San Francisco is one of the first cities in the U.S. to ban the use of plastic shopping bags to reduce the environmental impact caused by plastic waste. 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