PartⅢDevelopingideasWhat’sreallygreen
Mostofusareaware(1)thatwemusttakecareoftheenvironment,andthemajorityofustakestepstosaveenergyandreducewasteandpollution
Butrecently,some“greentruths”havebeenshowntobeonlyhalftrue,orevencompletelyfalse
(2)Herearesomecommonones
Whicharereallygreen
Papershoppingbagsarebetterthanplasticones
Plasticbagscauselitterandareadangertowildanimals,whichmistakethemforfood
(3)Ittakeshundredsofyearsforplastictobreakdown,butmuchlesstimeforpaper
Becauseofthis,peoplethinkpaperbagsarethebetterenvironmentalchoice
However,(4)makingapaperbaguses(5)fourtimesasmuchenergyasmakingaplasticbaganduptothreetimestheamountofwater
Theprocessalsoproducesmoregreenhousegases
Infact,bothkindsofbagsarebadfortheenvironment
So,takeareusablebagwithyouwhenyougoshopping
Whenyouturnoffadevice,i