And I said I know the answer- it's actually 42m tonnes, according to a UN report back in 2015. The figure could be a lot higher not. And as you know- my mobile isn't very heavy- 42m tonnes is an awful lot of phones! While we try to picture that, let's quickly run through today's vocabulary. So first up was gizmo- a small piece of technology- a gadget.
Smartphones, smart watches, fitness trackers, sat navs- all gizmos!
We had sustrainable- able to last or continue. We talk about sustainable energy, sustainable economic development...
The opposite would be unsustainable development... And another pair of words- to screw and to unscrew.
A screw is that little metal thing like a nail that we use to join things together. You can screw shelves into the wall, you can screw furniture together...
And when you move house you unscrew it. Three more: to lower your expectations. What have you lowered your expectations about?
Err, so many things...Becoming a millionaire- I don't think that's going to happen. Or I could say a company has lowered its expectations about performance over the next firve years.
Yes- another one looking ahead into the future- I'm pretty sure my computer will be obsolete in ten years. It will no longer be used- it will be out of date.
I just urge you, Neil, when you do get a new one - please recycle this one responsibly. We already live in a throwaway culture.
Yes- it's pretty unsustainable. Now, before your laptop or phone becomes obsolete- I suggest you check out our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube pages!
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