Recycling chopsticks - Lingohack

Chopsticks are a useful utensil, but they're often made of wood. Wouldn't it be great if we could recycle them to make something new? Well, in Canada they're doing just that! Find out how in this free English vocabulary programme - Lingohack.
The story…
Recycling chopsticks
Learn language related to…
manufacturing
Need-to-know language…
resource - material to be used in producing something
infused - filled with, covered in, or given the quality of
modular - made of separate parts or processes that are combined to form a whole
press - machine for making things flat by applying weight.
mass-produce - make large numbers of something in a factory using machines
Answer this…
What are the chopstick-tiles used for?
Answer in the video.
You'll find the transcript here: bbc.in/3c8MMv9
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Such a clever idea! I moved to Vancouver recently but I have never heard of this company. I will look into it.

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I do believe this is a fantastic idea. We must change our minds about our footprint in this beauty, lovely world.

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I think it's a great idea. I am so exicited to watch that. The chopsticks can recyle like that . It's good recyle method and I like the decor. Keep the world.🌏

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Good lesson! And it is a good idea as well. Besides the company aid to cleaning the world, more specifically Canada, it used a great recycle method.

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I think it's brilliant idea to keep our Earth. Moreover, the products made with bamboo chopsticks are so trendy. Love it:)

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Bamboo chopsticks are some of the world's most popular utensils, but create their fair share of waste. 00:19 utensil (가정에서 사용하는) 기구[도구] A company in Vancouver, Canada, is giving them a new life. Sometimes a good idea starts with frustration - when you understand how resource inefficient we are in our cities. And, I wanted to make sure to set an example of using chopsticks and create a viable business out of it. viable 실행 가능한, 성공할 수 있는 ChopValue collects used chopsticks from local restaurants. The sticks are cleaned, infused with resin and pressed into tiles. infuse (격식)(특정한 특성을) 불어넣다[스미게 하다] resin 송진 Our limitation was the size of the chopstick at the beginning - so I wanted to keep it very, very modular and very micro, and that's how we developed the first hydraulic hot press that presses 8 by 8 inch(20 by 20 centimetre) tile. It's very highly densified. modular (기계·건물 등이) 모듈식의(규격화된 부품을 조립하여 만들 수 있는) hydraulic (기계가) 유압식의 press 압축 기계, 프레스 납작하게 만들다[누르다] densify 밀도를 높이다 The tiles are used to make new products, including home decor, kitchenware and table tops. table top 테이블 윗면 The company has recycled more than 25 million chopsticks to date. to date 지금까지 They hope to expand by taking their business model abroad.

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Most Korean uses chopsticks made of stainless steel.

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i think itj is kind of up-cycling, rather than recycling.

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Windows7 completed its duty, though I like the version. Then I installed a Linux distribution, Ubuntu, to make it reborn. A wide range of ideas has possibility to be done as recycling.

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