Listening practice - common recycling materials
Here are some common materials that can be recycled:
| el cartón | cardboard |
| el cristal | glass, crystal |
| la lata | tin, can |
| la madera | wood |
| el metal | metal |
| el papel | paper |
| el vidrio | glass |
| el cartón |
| cardboard |
| el cristal |
| glass, crystal |
| la lata |
| tin, can |
| la madera |
| wood |
| el metal |
| metal |
| el papel |
| paper |
| el vidrio |
| glass |
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 viejos? (Where do I put these old newspapers?)
Question
Which bin should they use?
Bottles go in the blue bin for glass.
Transcript:
No sé qué hacer con todas estas botellas. (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 quiero reciclar. ¿Qué hago con ellas? (I've got a lot of cardboard boxes that I want to recycle. 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 para mí? Ya están vacíos. (Will you throw away these glass containers for me? They're empty now.)
