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Waste disposal

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Vocabulary 1 Read his waste disposal notice and write he name of the container for
items 1-7.

WASTE DISPOSAL

Please follow these waste disposal procedures.
Containers are colour coded as follows:
Biohazard - food, plants

Gypsum - plasterboard and gypsum products

Hazardous - contaminated wastes such as asbestos,
paint tins, tar

Inert - concrete, rubble, tiles, bricks, debris

Metal - clean metal

Mixed - general waste

W o o d - clean, untreated timber

1 manuals: 5 old sheeting:
2 left-over food: 6 tarmac:
3 broken steel pipe: 7 painted wood:
4 paint ins:
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2 Mr'Th'B Listen and check your answers to 1.

Speaking 3 Work n small groups. Talk about waste disposal n our
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A: We have three skips. One is for debris, one is for paint and one is for
general waste.
B: What about glass?
A: Glass goes in general waste.

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