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Here are some common materials that can be recycled:
| el cartón | cardboard |
| el cristal | glass, crystal |
| la latas | tins, cans |
| la madera | wood |
| el metal | metal |
| el papel | paper |
| el vidrio | glass |
| el plástico | plastic |
| las botellas | bottles |
| los electrodomésticos | appliances |
| los productos orgánicos | organic products |
| las pilas/las baterías | batteries |
| el cartón |
| cardboard |
| el cristal |
| glass, crystal |
| la latas |
| tins, cans |
| la madera |
| wood |
| el metal |
| metal |
| el papel |
| paper |
| el vidrio |
| glass |
| el plástico |
| plastic |
| las botellas |
| bottles |
| los electrodomésticos |
| appliances |
| los productos orgánicos |
| organic products |
| las pilas/las baterías |
| batteries |
Listen to the audio clips below to decide in which bins these people should put their rubbish.
Question
Which bin should they use?
Newspapers go in the orange bin for paper.
Transcript:
¿Dónde pongo estos periódicos y revistas viejos? (Where do I put these old newspapers and magazines?)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Bottles go in the blue bin for glass.
Transcript:
Después de la fiesta de ayer, no sé qué hacer con todas estas botellas. (After last night's party, I don't know what to do with all these bottles.)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Lemonade and beer cans go in the yellow bin for metals.
Transcript:
Estamos limpiando el parque y hemos encontrado todas estas latas de limonada y cerveza. (We're tidying up the park and we've found all these lemonade and beer cans.)
Question
Which bin should they use?
She should put cardboard boxes in the orange bin for paper.
Transcript:
Tengo muchas cajas de cartón que ya no necesito. ¿Qué hago con ellas? (I've got a lot of cardboard boxes that I do not need anymore. What shall I do with them?)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Potato and carrot peelings and banana skins are vegetable waste - the green bin.
Transcript:
He pelado las patatas y las zanahorias y he quitado la piel a los plátanos. ¿Dónde tiro la basura? (I've peeled the potatoes and carrots and I've taken the skin off the bananas. Where shall I throw the rubbish?)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Cristal and vidrio are both words for glass, which needs to go in the blue bin.
Transcript:
¿Quieres tirar estos envases de cristal? Ya están vacíos. (Will you throw away these glass containers? They're empty now.)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Grass is a kind of vegetable waste - the green bin.
Transcript:
He pasado toda la mañana arreglando el jardín. ¿Dónde pongo la hierba que he cortado? (I have spent the whole morning tidying up the garden. Where do I put the grass that I have cut?)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Aluminium foil is a type of metal which needs to go in the yellow bin.
Transcript:
He guardado el papel de aluminio de envolver los bocadillos para reciclarlo. ¿Dónde lo pongo? (I have kept the aluminium foil used to wrap the sandwiches to recycle it. Where do I put it?)
