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Hello. This is 6 Minute English with me, Neil.

And me, Sam.

Today, we're talking rubbish.

Ooh, that's a bit harsh – I thought it

was going to be interesting.

I mean our topic is about rubbish, not that

we are rubbish.

I see. Do go on.

Thank you. So the amount of waste we produce

around the world is huge and it's a

growing problem.

But, there are some things that we can do,

like recycling. Where I live, I can recycle

a lot, and I'm always very careful to separate

- to split my rubbish into paper, metal,

food, plastic and so on.

But is that enough, even if we all do it?

We'll look a little more at this topic shortly,

but first, as always, a question. Which

country recycles the highest percentage

of its waste? Is it:

A: Sweden, B: Germany, or C: New Zealand

What do you think, Sam?

I'm not sure, but I think it could be Germany

so I'm going to go with that - Germany.

OK. We'll see if you're right a little

later on. The BBC radio programme,

Business Daily, recently tackled this topic.

They spoke to Alexandre Lemille, an

expert in this area. Does he think

recycling is the answer? Let's

hear what he said.

Recycling is not the answer to waste from

an efficient point of view because we are

not able to get all the waste separated

properly and therefore treated in the

background. The main objective of our

model is to hide waste

so we don't see as urban citizens, or rural

citizens, we don't see the waste, it is

out of sight and therefore out of mind.

What's his view of recycling?

I was a bit surprised, because he said

recycling wasn't the answer. One reason

is that it's not always possible to separate

waste you can recycle from waste you

can't recycle, and that makes treating it

very difficult.

'Treating' means handling it and using

different processes, so it can be used again.

And the result is a lot of waste, including

waste that could be recycled but which is

just hidden. And as long as we don't see

it, we don't think about it.

And he uses a good phrase to describe

this – out of sight, out of mind. And that's

true, at least for me. My rubbish and

recycling is collected and I don't really

think about what happens to it after that.

Is as much of it recycled as I think, or is it

buried, burned or even sent to other

countries? It's not in front of my house, so

I don't really think about it – out of sight,

out of mind.

Let's listen again

Recycling is not the answer to waste from

an efficient point of view because we are

not able to get all the waste separated

properly and therefore treated in the

background. The main objective of our

model is to hide waste so we don't see as

urban citizens, or rural citizens, we don't

see the waste, it is out of sight and

therefore out of mind.

One possible solution to this problem is

to develop what is called a circular economy.

Here's the presenter of Business Daily,

Manuela Saragosa, explaining what that means.

The idea then at the core of a circular

economic and business model is that a

product, like say a washing machine or

even a broom, can always be returned to

the manufacturer to be reused or repaired

before then sold on again. The point is

the manufacturer retains responsibility for

the lifecycle of the product

it produces rather than the consumer

assuming that responsibility when he or

she buys it.

So it seems like a simple idea – though

maybe very difficult to do.

Yes, the idea is that the company that

makes a product, the manufacturer, is

responsible for the product, not the

person who bought it, the consumer.

So, if the product breaks or reaches the

end of its useful life, its lifecycle, then the

manufacturer has to take it back and fix,

refurbish or have it recycled.

I guess this would make manufacturers

try to make their products last longer!

It certainly would. Let's listen again.

The idea then at the core of a circular

economic and business model is that a

product, like say a washing machine or

even a broom, can always be returned to

the manufacturer to be reused or repaired

before then sold on again. The point is

the manufacturer retains responsibility for

the lifecycle of the product it produces

rather than the consumer assuming

that responsibility when he or she buys it.

That's just about all we have time for in

this programme. Before we recycle the

vocabulary…

Oh very good Neil!

Before we - thank you Sam - before we recycle

the vocabulary, we need to get the answer

to today's question. Which country recycles

the highest percentage of its waste? Is it:

A: Sweden, B: Germany or C: New Zealand

Sam, what did you say?

I think it's Germany.

Well I would like to offer you congratulations

because Germany is the correct answer.

Now let's go over the vocabulary.

Of course. 'To separate' means to divide or

split different things, for example,

separate your plastic from your paper for

recycling.

'Treating' is the word for dealing with, for

example, recycled waste.

The phrase 'out of sight, out of mind',

means ignoring something or a situation

you can't see.

A 'manufacturer' is the person or company

that makes something and the consumer

is the person who buys that thing.

And the length of time you can expect a

product to work for is known as its 'lifecycle'.

Well the lifecycle of this programme is 6

minutes, and as we are there, or thereabouts,

it's time for us to head off. Thanks for

your company and hope you can join us

again soon. Until then, there is plenty

more to enjoy from BBC Learning English

online, on social media and on our app.

Bye for now.

Bye!

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English with me, Neil. |||||||ニール

And me, Sam. ||שָׁמו

Today, we're talking rubbish. |||مزخرف |||nonsense |||無駄話 |||שטויות Сьогодні ми говоримо нісенітниці.

Ooh, that's a bit harsh – I thought it ||||سخت||| ||||hart||| ||||cruel||| |それは|||厳しい||| ||||rígido||achei| Ой, це трохи жорстоко – я так подумав

was going to be interesting. ||||جالب мало бути цікаво.

I mean our topic is about rubbish, not that Я маю на увазі, що наша тема про сміття, а не про це

we are rubbish. ми сміття.

I see. Do go on. Розумію. Продовжуйте.

Thank you. So the amount of waste we produce ||||مقدار|||| ||||||廃棄物|| Дякую тобі. Отже, кількість відходів, які ми виробляємо

around the world is huge and it's a навколо світу величезний і це a

growing problem. зростаюча проблема.

But, there are some things that we can do, Але є деякі речі, які ми можемо зробити,

like recycling. Where I live, I can recycle |بازیافت|||||| як переробка. Там, де я живу, я можу переробляти

a lot, and I'm always very careful to separate ||||||||جدا کردن багато, і я завжди дуже обережно відокремлюю

- to split my rubbish into paper, metal, |split||||| |分ける||||| - розділити моє сміття на папір, метал,

food, plastic and so on.

But is that enough, even if we all do it? Але чи достатньо цього, навіть якщо ми всі це робимо?

We'll look a little more at this topic shortly, Незабаром ми розглянемо цю тему трохи більше,

but first, as always, a question. Which

country recycles the highest percentage |recycelt||| |recicla||| країна переробляє найбільший відсоток

of its waste? Is it:

A: Sweden, B: Germany, or C: New Zealand

What do you think, Sam?

I'm not sure, but I think it could be Germany Я не впевнений, але думаю, що це може бути Німеччина

so I'm going to go with that - Germany.

OK. We'll see if you're right a little

later on. The BBC radio programme,

Business Daily, recently tackled this topic. |||behandelt|| |||addressed|| |||取り上げた|| |||דנה בנושא||

They spoke to Alexandre Lemille, an ||||Lemille(1)| |||Alexandre|Lemille| |||אלכסנדר למ|למיל| Вони розмовляли з Александром Лемілем, ан

expert in this area. Does he think фахівець у цій галузі. Чи думає він

recycling is the answer? Let's переробка - це відповідь? Давайте

hear what he said.

Recycling is not the answer to waste from ||||||زباله| ||||||Abfall| リサイクル|||その|答え||| Recyklace není řešením problému s odpadem z Переробка - це не відповідь на проблему відходів

an efficient point of view because we are |کارآمد|||||| |effective|||||| 効率的な|効率的な|||||| z efektivního hlediska, protože jsme ефективна точка зору, тому що ми

not able to get all the waste separated не в змозі розділити всі відходи

properly and therefore treated in the |||درمان شده|| correctly||||| 適切に||||| správně, a proto se s nimi zachází v належним чином і тому лікуються в

background. The main objective of our پس‌زمینه|||هدف|| 背景||主な||| contexto||||| |||מטרה|| zázemí. Hlavním cílem našeho тло. Основна мета нашого

model is to hide waste مدل|||پنهان کردن| |||ocultar|desperdício Модель полягає в тому, щоб приховати відходи

so we don't see as urban citizens, or rural |||||urban|||rural |||||都市の|||田舎の takže nevidíme jako občané měst nebo venkova тому ми не бачимо ні міських, ні сільських жителів

citizens, we don't see the waste, it is |||می‌بینیم|||| občané, nevidíme odpad, je to громадяни, ми не бачимо відходів, вони є

out of sight and therefore out of mind. ||دید||بنابراین||| 見えない|||||忘れられる|| ||vista||||| z dohledu, a proto i z mysli. з поля зору, а отже, з пам’яті.

What's his view of recycling? Яке його бачення переробки?

I was a bit surprised, because he said Я був трохи здивований, тому що він сказав

recycling wasn't the answer. One reason

is that it's not always possible to separate полягає в тому, що не завжди можливо розлучитися

waste you can recycle from waste you

can't recycle, and that makes treating it |||||درمان کردن| |||||tratar| nelze recyklovat, a proto je jeho zpracování не можна переробляти, і це вимагає лікування

very difficult.

'Treating' means handling it and using ||دست زدن به||| Behandlung||||| Handling||||| "Ošetření" znamená manipulaci a použití «Лікувати» означає обробку та використання

different processes, so it can be used again. různé procesy, takže je lze znovu použít. різні процеси, тому його можна використовувати знову.

And the result is a lot of waste, including А в результаті виходить багато відходів, в т.ч

waste that could be recycled but which is відходи, які можна переробити, але які є

just hidden. And as long as we don't see

it, we don't think about it. це, ми не думаємо про це.

And he uses a good phrase to describe І він використовує гарну фразу для опису

this – out of sight, out of mind. And that's |見えない||||||| це – геть з очей, геть з розуму. І це

true, at least for me. My rubbish and правда, принаймні для мене. Моє сміття і

recycling is collected and I don't really переробка збирається, а я насправді ні

think about what happens to it after that. подумайте, що з ним станеться після цього.

Is as much of it recycled as I think, or is it Чи так багато його перероблено, як я думаю, чи так

buried, burned or even sent to other مدفون|سوخته||||| buried|||||| enterrado|||||| поховали, спалили або навіть відправили іншим

countries? It's not in front of my house, so країни? Значить, це не перед моїм будинком

I don't really think about it – out of sight, Я насправді не думаю про це - геть на виду,

out of mind. з розуму.

Let's listen again

Recycling is not the answer to waste from

an efficient point of view because we are |efficient|point||||| ефективна точка зору, тому що ми

not able to get all the waste separated

properly and therefore treated in the |||درمان شده|| ||portanto||| належним чином і тому лікуються в

background. The main objective of our پس‌زمینه||||| |||Ziel|| ||主な||| |||מטרה|| тло. Основна мета нашого

model is to hide waste so we don't see as

urban citizens, or rural citizens, we don't

see the waste, it is out of sight and побачити відходи, вони поза полем зору і

therefore out of mind. тому з глузду.

One possible solution to this problem is ||解決策||||

to develop what is called a circular economy. ||||||zirkulären| |発展させる|何||||| ||||||מעגלית|

Here's the presenter of Business Daily, ||مجری||| Ось ведучий Business Daily,

Manuela Saragosa, explaining what that means. مانوئلا||||| Manuela Saragosa|Saragosa|||| מנואלה|סרגוסה||||

The idea then at the core of a circular

economic and business model is that a

product, like say a washing machine or ||||洗濯|| продукт, наприклад, пральна машина або

even a broom, can always be returned to ||جارو||||| ||broom||||returned| ||מטאטא||||| навіть до мітли завжди можна повернутися

the manufacturer to be reused or repaired |تولیدکننده||||| ||||reused|| ||||reutilizado|| виробника для повторного використання або ремонту

before then sold on again. The point is ||売った|再び||||

the manufacturer retains responsibility for ||نگه‌دارد|| ||behält|| ||keeps|| ||保持する|責任| ||שומרת על|| виробник несе відповідальність за

the lifecycle of the product |lifecycle||| |ciclo de vida||| |Lebenszyklus||| |چرخه عمر||| その|ライフサイクル||| |מחזור חיים|||

it produces rather than the consumer |生産する|||| |||||הצרכן він виробляє, а не споживач

assuming that responsibility when he or با فرض||مسئولیت||| ||責任||| בהנחה ש||||| беручи на себе цю відповідальність, коли він або

she buys it. او||

So it seems like a simple idea – though

maybe very difficult to do.

Yes, the idea is that the company that Так, ідея полягає в тому, що компанія, яка

makes a product, the manufacturer, is

responsible for the product, not the accountable||||| відповідає за продукт, а не за

person who bought it, the consumer. |||||消費者 особа, яка його придбала, споживач.

So, if the product breaks or reaches the ||||||chega| Отже, якщо виріб зламається або досягне

end of its useful life, its lifecycle, then the ||||||מחזור חיים||

manufacturer has to take it back and fix, |||引き取る|||| виробник повинен забрати його назад і виправити,

refurbish or have it recycled. refurbish|||| reformar|||| aufbereiten|||| بازسازی|||| 再生する|||| odnowić|||| שפץ|||| відремонтувати або переробити.

I guess this would make manufacturers Я думаю, це зробили б виробники

try to make their products last longer! |||||持続する| намагайтеся, щоб їхні вироби служили довше!

It certainly would. Let's listen again. Це, звичайно, буде. Давайте послухаємо ще раз.

The idea then at the core of a circular ||||||||מעגלי Тоді ця ідея була основою циркуляру

economic and business model is that a

product, like say a washing machine or |例えば||||| продукт, наприклад, пральна машина або

even a broom, can always be returned to ||broom||||| ||||||返される| ||vassoura||||| ||מטאטא||||| навіть до мітли завжди можна повернутися

the manufacturer to be reused or repaired

before then sold on again. The point is

the manufacturer retains responsibility for ||maintains|| ||שומרת על|| виробник несе відповідальність за

the lifecycle of the product it produces |מחזור חיי|||||

rather than the consumer assuming ||||仮定する ||||מניח שהצר

that responsibility when he or she buys it.

That's just about all we have time for in Це майже все, на що ми маємо час

this programme. Before we recycle the

vocabulary…

Oh very good Neil!

Before we - thank you Sam - before we recycle Перш ніж ми - дякую Семе - перш ніж ми переробимо

the vocabulary, we need to get the answer словниковий запас, нам потрібно отримати відповідь

to today's question. Which country recycles

the highest percentage of its waste? Is it:

A: Sweden, B: Germany or C: New Zealand

Sam, what did you say?

I think it's Germany.

Well I would like to offer you congratulations |||||بزنم|| |私は||||||

because Germany is the correct answer.

Now let's go over the vocabulary.

Of course. 'To separate' means to divide or |||جدا کردن||||

split different things, for example, dividir|||| розділити різні речі, наприклад,

separate your plastic from your paper for

recycling. بازیافت

'Treating' is the word for dealing with, for درمان|||||مواجهه||

example, recycled waste. наприклад, перероблені відходи.

The phrase 'out of sight, out of mind', ||||دید|||

means ignoring something or a situation |התעלמות מ||||

you can't see.

A 'manufacturer' is the person or company |تولیدکننده|||||

that makes something and the consumer ||چیزی|||

is the person who buys that thing.

And the length of time you can expect a ||مدت زمان|||||| ||duração|||||| І тривалість часу, на який ви можете розраховувати a

product to work for is known as its 'lifecycle'. ||کار||||||چرخه عمر ||||||||מחזור חיים

Well the lifecycle of this programme is 6

minutes, and as we are there, or thereabouts, minutes||||||| |||||||por aí |||||||in der Nähe |||||||آنجا |||||||そのあたり |||||||בערך שם хвилин, і коли ми там, або близько того,

it's time for us to head off. Thanks for нам час вирушати. Дякую за

your company and hope you can join us вашу компанію та сподіваюся, що ви зможете приєднатися до нас

again soon. Until then, there is plenty скоро знову. До того часу є багато

more to enjoy from BBC Learning English

online, on social media and on our app.

Bye for now.

Bye!