Coffee cups: Do you use your own

6 Minute English

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2019-08-01

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  • Hello and welcome to Six Minute English, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Rob.

  • Now Rob, we've talked before on this program about our love of coffee.

  • Oh yes indeed, I couldn't function without it.

  • But have you ever thought about the environmental consequences of all those disposable coffee cups?

  • Oh yes indeed, I always carry a reusable cup with me, so I don't have to throw one away.

  • So if a disposable cup is one you throw away, a reusable one is one that you can use again.

  • And again, yes, there's a big problem with disposable cups, in that many of them can't be recycled,

  • so there's a lot of waste for something we only use for a short time.

  • What are the big coffee shop chains doing about this problem?

  • We'll find out a little bit more shortly, but first a quiz for you.

  • Which country drinks the most coffee per capita?

  • So not the total amount of coffee, but the average per person.

  • Is it A, Japan, B, Kenya or C, Finland?

  • What do you think Rob?

  • Oh tricky.

  • Now I don't think the Japanese are big coffee drinkers and I know they produce a lot of coffee in Kenya.

  • I'm surprised the USA is on the list, but I'm going to go for Finland,