Dear Daisy, I have been sharing a student house with Olivia for six months now. At first I really enjoyed living with her but recently things have been started to go wrong. First of all, she appears to be unable to do any kind of housework. Whenever I ask her to do the washing-up she always promises to do it but then somehow manages to forget. I don't really appreciate being faced with a pile of dirty dishes every time I go into the kitchen. Another thing is, she never offers to cook. She loves eating though, and keeps on taking my food without asking. The other day I was really looking forward to eating a delicious chocolate cake I had bought, but when I opened the fridge it had gone! And what's worse - she pretended not to know anything about it! I know I really need to confront her but somehow I always avoid speaking to her about it because, the truth is, I can't stand having difficult conversations with people. You're a very diplomatic person, Daisy - how can I persuade her to be a bit more considerate? Let me know if you have any bright ideas!
We all know that today our environment is endangered but not everyone knows how to deal with this situation. Because of our careless actions there are many kinds of pollution happening around. One of the most urgent problems of today’s society is littering, which causes water, soil and air pollution. Unfortunately, there are still many people who don’t know how to cope with this problem. Not all the wastes are biodegradable, some of them need to be recycled. Nowadays we have plenty of factories where they recycle rubbish such as plastic, cloth, glass and so on. All we need to do is to separate glass, paper and plastic. By this we already do a great job and help our planet a lot. I know that there are some ecological organizations that arrange rubbish collection, they even make competitions in that. They are also here to teach people how to deal with wastes and make them aware how harmful it is for the environment. Every day people around the world use millions of plastic bags and bottles and then throw them away which is very harmful for soil. Instead of that we can use the same bags when we go shopping and not buy new ones, or refill bottles with water. People buy things they don’t need instead of giving a new life to the old ones. For example instead of buying shorts you can just cut your jeans, or you can use your old T-shirt for mopping the floor. You can give your clothes to second hand shops or buy clothes there yourself. We have so many unnecessary things at home, which then go to the rubbish bin. Instead of that everything can be given for charity or to your friends who will probably need these things. “Reduce, reuse, recycle” is a good rule for every person.
Not all the wastes are biodegradable, some of them need to be recycled. Nowadays we have plenty of factories where they recycle rubbish such as plastic, cloth, glass and so on. All we need to do is to separate glass, paper and plastic. By this we already do a great job and help our planet a lot. I know that there are some ecological organizations that arrange rubbish collection, they even make competitions in that. They are also here to teach people how to deal with wastes and make them aware how harmful it is for the environment.
Every day people around the world use millions of plastic bags and bottles and then throw them away which is very harmful for soil. Instead of that we can use the same bags when we go shopping and not buy new ones, or refill bottles with water. People buy things they don’t need instead of giving a new life to the old ones. For example instead of buying shorts you can just cut your jeans, or you can use your old T-shirt for mopping the floor. You can give your clothes to second hand shops or buy clothes there yourself. We have so many unnecessary things at home, which then go to the rubbish bin. Instead of that everything can be given for charity or to your friends who will probably need these things.
“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is a good rule for every person.