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Producing power from leftoversCNN April 27, 2009 http://snipurl.com/cnn-leftpower

What happens to the food that is left on your plate after your eat? Is there a way thatfood can be recycled?

VocabularyThere is a wide diversity of foods in

Singapore.

1. food that has not been eaten at the end ofa meal

There are many leftovers on thedishes.

2. pieces of food that are left after you havefinished eating

Many food scraps are thrown awayeach year.

3. involved with something or working for anorganization

In the past, most of the uneatenfood ended up in a landfill.

4. a range of different people, things, or ideas

Now, the discarded food is used forenergy.

5. using the most modern and recentlydeveloped methods, materials, or

knowledgeThey use the state-of-the-art

technology to turn food to power.

6. a place where waste is buried under theground

As the food decomposes, it givesoff methane gas.

7. to produce or cause something

Large amounts of food arrive atthe plant each day.

8. to get rid of something; to throwsomething away

They are trying to get the public onboard by educating them aboutthe program.

9. to decay or make something decay

The gas is used to generate

electricity.

10.a factory or building where an industrial

process happens

Comprehension

1. Singaporeans throw away [50,000 / 500,000 / 5,000,000] tons of food scrapsevery year.

2. Nearly [10 / 100 / 500] tons of food scraps arrive at the plant each day.

3. [ T / F ] Decomposing garbage gives off greenhouse gases, which are bad for theenvironment.

4. What happens to the food when it comes to the plant? Put the following in thecorrect order:

The methane gas is used to generate electricity.The food is separated from the other trash.The electricity is used to power the plant and hundreds of households in the

city.The food sits in a tank where it produces methane gas as it decomposes. Compost is produced, which is sold to local farmers.

5. [ T / F ] The founder of the company, Edwin Khew, says he went into businessbecause he wants to [make a lot of money / do something for society].

Discussion

What do you think of this technology? Are there any plants like this in Japan? Do youthink it should be done in Japan?

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What are the benefits of composting? Are there any compost programs in Kansai oranywhere else in Japan? Are you interested in starting composting in your own home?

Lesson created by Steve Silver, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan. This work is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit

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