{"id":19047,"date":"2021-07-09T08:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T06:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=19047"},"modified":"2021-07-09T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:04:01","slug":"biodegradable-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/07\/biodegradable-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodegradable Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sad to say but humans have been continuously contributing to the environment\u2019s degradation. For one, our excessive use of plastic materials pollute the earth so much. It might be high time to reconsider our actions and pay more attention to this environmental issue and start finding ways to resolve this problem before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about the new technology that could make plastic material compostable and degradable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-science-news wp-block-embed-science-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nZmojKLYUW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/plastic-compost-new-enzyme-technique-biodegradable\">A new technique could make some plastic trash compostable at home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;A new technique could make some plastic trash compostable at home&#8221; &#8212; Science News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/plastic-compost-new-enzyme-technique-biodegradable\/embed#?secret=EyYDGN6K8R#?secret=nZmojKLYUW\" data-secret=\"nZmojKLYUW\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the new technique that could make biodegradable plastic decompose? 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