Project in action
A Zero Waste Challenge
Look in side your rubbish bin. What do you see? Maybe some food leftovers (剩饭菜), plastic bottles, or used paper? Every day, each person throws away about 0.74 kilograms of trash. This might seem small, but it adds up to 2 billion tons of waste worldwide each year! Want to help? Try the Zero Waste Challenge and see how much less rubbish you can produce in a week!
Step 1 Do some research and find out the definition of Zero Waste.
What is Zero Waste?


Step 2 Think about items we can reuse, recycle and reduce. Complete the table below.
| Reuse | Recycle | Reduce |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
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Step 3 List the things you can do to live a zero-waste lifestyle.
What can I do to live a zero-waste lifestyle?
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Step 4 Try the things you listed above for a week and share your thoughts.
The following questions are for your reference:
• Did you throw away much food waste?
• What items did you throw away the most?
• Which habits were easiest to change, which were the most difficult, and why?
• What do you think of the challenge?

1. Zero Waste refers to minimizing waste production, reusing and recycling items to lower environmental damage.
2. 表格填写示例：
| Reuse | Recycle | Reduce |
| ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Use old glass jars to store stationery | Sort waste like plastic bottles into recycling bins | Use both sides of paper when writing |
3. 零废弃生活方式示例：
• Use reusable water bottles instead of disposable ones
• Sort household waste into different groups for recycling
• Turn off taps when not in use to save water
• Buy fruits without extra plastic packaging
4. 挑战分享示例：
I threw away much less food waste because I made a meal plan. The most thrown item was plastic packaging. It was easy to use a reusable bottle, but hard to remember to sort waste every time. The challenge is helpful for protecting the environment.

本题是六年级英语环保主题的实践类题目，围绕“零废弃挑战”展开，考查学生对零废弃理念及3R原则（Reuse重复使用、Recycle回收利用、Reduce减少使用）的理解，要求学生结合生活实际完成定义填写、表格补充、零废弃做法列举及挑战分享等任务，属于开放性实践题型，需结合生活实际作答。