Find a happy little moment in every bauble

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Over 13 000 waste plastic bottles were removed from landfill to be cleaned, disinfected and turned into beautiful 100% recycled and recyclable Christmas tree baubles by talented craftspeople from Essay Gifts. So, when you buy this product, you’re helping support local communities and clean up the planet.

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Make something out of nothing

ABC Australia

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• Lots of fish species
• Plastic debris that is found in the ocean
• On the food chain
• Marine creatures
• Thrown into the ocean
• I love going to the beach
• Going for walks down the beach
• Throwing it into the landfill
• Pick up a bag of rubbish
• Throw it out on the floor
• Check it all out
• Create something unique and artistic
• Out of marine debris
• Making something out of nothing
• Turning it into something of beauty
• They forget to pick their thongs up
• I keep finding them
• Create awareness
• Take away with them what they will

 

Is your world powered by coffee?

[London Evening Standard]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :

• Made out of coffee grounds
• Solid Bio-fuel
• It is used as a log
• Put it in your stove, barbecue, chimney
• Wood burning stove
• Waste coffee grounds
• Collect them from all across London
• I think its crucial to use waste
• There is no such thing as waste
• It’s simply a resource but in the wrong place
• The coffee log product is literally half the price of conventional fuels
• Much much cheaper than coal and much much cheaper than wood
• It saves them a lot of money
• Doing something good for the environment
• Turn it into a fuel
• Heat their coffee shop

 

Bio-bean® is the first company in the world to industrialise the process of recycling waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels and biochemicals. We work within the existing energy and waste infrastructure, developing sustainable products and solutions to displace conventional fuels and chemicals.

About Coffee Logs :

Coffee Logs are a clean, cheap, local and sustainable alternative to dirty, imported fuels and can be used in a wide range of different appliances such as wood burning stoves, chimneys, BBQs, pizza ovens, smokers or just on an open fire.   Read more HERE

 

 

 

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