首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、To highlight the global issue of plastic pollution in the oceans. B、To recycle the plastic from the countries in extreme pover
A、To highlight the global issue of plastic pollution in the oceans. B、To recycle the plastic from the countries in extreme pover
admin
2022-05-25
38
问题
We’re trending to produce over 300 million tons of plastic this year. Roughly eight million tons are racing to flow into the ocean to join the estimated 150 million tons already there. Reportedly, 80 percent of ocean plastic is coming from those countries that have extreme poverty. And if you live in the grips of poverty, concerned always about food or shelter or a sense of security, recycling—it’s beyond your realm of imagination.
And that is exactly why I created the Plastic Bank. We are the world’s largest chain of stores for the ultra-poor, where everything in the store is available to be purchased using plastic garbage. Everything—school tuition, medical insurance, Wi-Fi, cell phone minutes, power, sustainable cooking fuel, high-efficiency stoves. And we keep wanting to add everything else that the world may need and can’t afford.
Now, that plastic we sell, we sell it to suppliers of great brands like Marks and Spencer, who have commissioned the use of social plastic in their products. Or like Henkel, the German consumer-goods company, who are using social plastic directly into their manufacturing. We’ve closed the loop in the circular economy. Now buy shampoo or laundry detergent that has social plastic packaging, and you are indirectly contributing to the extraction of plastic from ocean-bound waterways and alleviating poverty at the same time.
We can now use our recycling to support and create recyclers. One bottle deposited at home could help extract hundreds around the world. Or, like Shell, the energy company, who’s invested in our plastic-neutral program. Plastic neutrality is like carbon-neutral. But plastic neutrality invests in recycling infrastructure where it doesn’t exist. And it provides an incentive for the poor by providing a price increase. Or, like in the slums of Manila, where the smallest market with a simple scale and a phone can now accept social plastic as a new form of payment by weight, allowing them to serve more people and have their own greater social impact.
And what’s common here is that social plastic is money. Social plastic is money, a globally recognizable and tradable currency that, when used, alleviates poverty and cleans the environment at the same time. It’s not just plastic. It’s not recycled plastic, it’s social plastic, a material whose value is transferred through the lives of the people who encounter it, rich and poor. See, I see social plastic as the Bitcoin for the earth—and available for everyone.
Question 16. Why did the speaker create the Plastic Bank?
Question 17. To whom does the speaker sell the plastic?
Question 18. What does the speaker say about social plastic?
选项
A、To highlight the global issue of plastic pollution in the oceans.
B、To recycle the plastic from the countries in extreme poverty.
C、To run the world’s largest chain of stores.
D、To let the ultra-poor use plastic garbage to buy things.
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/2rx7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
中国是世界上最早开发利用矿产资源的国家之一。过去50年,中国在矿产资源勘探(survey)开发方面取得了巨大的成就,这为中国经济的持续、快速健康发展提供了重要保障。中国是一个人口众多、资源相对不足的发展中国家,主要依靠本国的矿产资源来满足现代化建设(m
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayonmannerofdealingwithpeoplebyreferringtothesaying"Donot
传统中国装饰绳结,也就是我们所说的中国结(Chineseknot),是一种典型的中国本土艺术。这是一门独特的传统中国民间手工编织艺术,每个绳结只使用一根线,根据其形状和意义而命名。在中国,“结”意味着团结、友谊、和平、温暖和爱情等。中国结经常被用来表达良
A、Openadepositaccountforhercompany.B、Withdrawsomemoneytopayabill.C、Transfersomemoneytoacompanyaccount.D、Cha
A、Headdedmoresalttomakeittastebetter.B、Headdedsomecoldcerealtothepizza.C、Heburneditlongerthaninstructed.D
A、Thelocalcommunitycollege.B、Anout-of-statepubliccollege.C、Alocalprivatecollege.D、Apubliccollege.A
A、Takecoursesofforeignlanguagesandcultures.B、Gainadeepunderstandingoftheirownculture.C、Participateininternation
A、Itisveryexplosiveinsocialterms.B、Itshouldbeauniversallawforallcountries.C、Itshouldconsidertheactualsituat
A、Ignoringthegeneralmeaningofthetext.B、Payinglittleattentiontotheprintingmistakes.C、Pursuingathoroughunderstand
随机试题
A/呋塞米B/氨苯蝶啶C/氟氢可的松D/地塞米松E/卡莫司汀最各种严重的水肿均有治疗作用的药物是
川芎性味为廑虫性味为
下列属于我国整合城乡居民基本医疗保险内容的是
在企业有盈利的情况下,下列有关外部融资需求的表述正确的是()。
计算机小组、无线电小组的课外活动属于()。
下列句子中,加下划线的成语使用不恰当的是()。
垂直式版面
数据库管理系统常见的数据模型有层次模型、网状模型和_________3种。
Wherearethespeakers?
By1830theformerSpanishandPortuguesecolonieshadbecomeindependentnations.Theroughly20million【C1】______ofthesenati
最新回复
(
0
)