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Go to http://stedu.stheadline.com to listen to the story G06-07

▲Many chain restaurants give out disposable cutlery even for dining in. (Chung Wai-tak)

‘Millennials’ refers to people born in the 1980s and 1990s.

Millennials do not like the same music as their parents.

‘Gen X’ refers to people born in the late 1960s and 1970s

Many Gen Xers like music from the 1990s.

‘Baby Boomes’ refers to people born in the mid 1940s to 1950s.

Bill Clinton is a baby boomer.

The ‘silent generation’ refers to people born in the 1920s to 1930s.

Many of the silent generation went to fight in World War II.

MANY chain restaurants hand out disposable cutlery, especially in their BBQ sections, to customers even if they

are dining in. Millennial Ah Wing says this is wasteful and not environmentally friendly.

She took notice when it was reported last year that Café de Coral in LOHAS Park was using paper cups, and plastic bowls. The controversy prompted her to investigate other outlets of the chain restaurant. Although most main sections used non-disposable utensils, the BBQ sections often used disposable cutlery.

An industry source said dish-washing is centralised, and it is cheaper to throw away paper and plastic cutlery than wash non-disposable cutlery.

According to the Environmental Protection Department (環境保護署), Hongkongers throw away 4.8 tons of plastic cutlery every year. This weighs the same as 170 A380 aeroplanes. Hong Kong’s efforts to reduce waste are not ideal. Canada, Taiwan and Singapore all have laws to deal with disposable cutlery and food waste, but Hong Kong has only started to collect data about disposable cutlery.

Disposable cutlery triggers a stormCost-cutting blamed for harmful practice

Knives(餐刀)

Fork(餐叉)

Spoon(匙)

Chopsticks(筷子)

Plate(碟子)

Bowl(碗)

Will you eat at

restaurants that offer

only disposable cutlery?

ComprehensionCircle the correct answer.

1. Which section used the most disposable cutlery? A. beverage B. BBQ C. noodles

2. Where is the restaurant that used disposable cups and bowls?

A. Tseung Kwan O B. Kwun Tong C. LOHAS Park

3. Why was disposable cutlery used more often? A. It is cheaper to throw than wash them. B. They are cleaner than normal cutlery. C. They do not want the dish-washer to work so hard.

Monday 6 February 2017

disposable (adj) 一次性的cutlery (n) 餐具

dining in (adj phr) 堂食environmentally friendly (adj phr) 環保

controversy (n) 爭議investigate (n) 調查

utensil (n) 器皿centralise (v) 集中

Alex

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