Alice: Hi! Sorry, I’m really late.
Chris: It’s OK. I am browsing the Internet anyway. Sit down for a while.
A: I wish I didn’t hurry so much to get here. Is what you are reading really so interesting?
C: I came across information about new disposable coffee cups.
A: What? Disposable coffee cups? What can be new about them?
C: You have seen how much trash there is in our park, haven’t you? It’s also on the sides of the roads...
A: Yes. So what? Some people have a most irritating habit of throwing their cups and packaging right on the ground. It’s disgusting but you can do nothing about it, can you?
C: That’s right. We can’t easily change adult people’s behaviour if they are not educated at an early age. But there’s something we are still able to change. Look at this picture. There are two coffee cups here. They look pretty much the same. But one is a traditional disposable cup and the other is made with the addition of plant-based compostable plastic.
A: And what makes it so remarkable?
C: It takes a traditional coffee cup from 5 to 50 years to break down and to disappear. The new cup breaks down in roughly 100 days.
A: Wow. Considering that billions of disposable cups _______(use) from our landscapes.
C: Yes, but that’s not the end of the story.
A: No? What else is there?
C: There are seeds of different plants in the caps.
A: Seeds? Are you saying that if I drop those new cups all over a lawn, a tree will grow there?
C: Exactly.