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From the Ted Talk by David Katz: The surprising solution to ocean plastic

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now, that plastic we sell. We sell it to suppliers of gerat brands like mraks and Spencer, who have commissioned the use of social plastic in their products. Or like hkeenl, the German consumer-goods cpomnay, who are using social plastic directly into their maicufnatnurg. We've closed the loop in the circular economy. Now buy shampoo or laundry detergent that has social plastic packaging, and you are indirectly contributing to the extraction of pitaslc from ocean-bound waterways and alleviating poverty at the same time.

Open Cloze

Now, that plastic we sell. We sell it to suppliers of _____ brands like _____ and Spencer, who have commissioned the use of social plastic in their products. Or like ______, the German consumer-goods _______, who are using social plastic directly into their _____________. We've closed the loop in the circular economy. Now buy shampoo or laundry detergent that has social plastic packaging, and you are indirectly contributing to the extraction of _______ from ocean-bound waterways and alleviating poverty at the same time.

Solution

  1. plastic
  2. manufacturing
  3. henkel
  4. company
  5. great
  6. marks

Original Text

Now, that plastic we sell. We sell it to suppliers of great brands like Marks and Spencer, who have commissioned the use of social plastic in their products. Or like Henkel, the German consumer-goods company, who are using social plastic directly into their manufacturing. We've closed the loop in the circular economy. Now buy shampoo or laundry detergent that has social plastic packaging, and you are indirectly contributing to the extraction of plastic from ocean-bound waterways and alleviating poverty at the same time.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
social plastic 7
ocean plastic 3
million ton 3
school tuition 2
cell phone 2
plastic neutrality 2
trillion kilograms 2

Important Words

  1. alleviating
  2. brands
  3. buy
  4. circular
  5. closed
  6. commissioned
  7. company
  8. contributing
  9. detergent
  10. economy
  11. extraction
  12. german
  13. great
  14. henkel
  15. indirectly
  16. laundry
  17. loop
  18. manufacturing
  19. marks
  20. packaging
  21. plastic
  22. poverty
  23. products
  24. sell
  25. shampoo
  26. social
  27. spencer
  28. suppliers
  29. time
  30. waterways