Black Friday and Cyber Monday promote mindless consumption, excessive packaging and shipping waste, especially with the rise of online shopping. The sales produce massive waste not just from the unwanted single-use plastic and cardboard packaging, but also from the return of unwanted items. This mindset also ensures that the earth overshoot day keeps moving back.

This is especially true of the clothing industry, where much of the online returns are tossed into the landfill because the logistics and cost of putting the item back on the shelf are much too complicated. Brittons throw away approximately 300,000 tonnes of clothes every year and many of them are only worn a handful of times. We have all received an extra pair of Christmas pyjamas without a gift receipt that go straight in the ”return pile”(aka I will forget about it and throw it in the landfill bin with my eyes closed). Instead of buying gifts for the sake of buying, why not opt-out for gifting experiences instead? Stumped for ideas? Check out our plastic free Christmas gift guide.

The negative impact of Black Friday is also significant from non-recyclable, mostly plastic toys, to e-waste, to fast fashion that is only used for one season. In fact, in France, the government is considering banning Black Friday due to the impact on the planet and the promotion of unsustainable consumption habits.

1. The passage mainly ........................
A. explains why Black Friday sales are bad for environment
B. describes shopping activities on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
C. criticizes the unwanted single-use plastic and cardboard packaging
D. concerns about the impact of non-recyclable products
2. The word "rise" in the first paragraph can be best replaced by ...................
A. drop
B. improvement
C. increase
D. fall
3. According to the second paragraph, what do people do with much of online returns?
A. people carefully put the online returns on the shelf
B. people resend the online returns to the logistics agent.
C. People have to pay more for the online returns
D. people throw the online return to the landfill
4. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. cardboard packaging contributes to produce massive waste
B. britons don't throw away their cloths.
C. returning online items is really compicated
D. The French goverment is considering banning Black Friday.

Question

Black Friday and Cyber Monday promote mindless consumption, excessive packaging and shipping waste, especially with the rise of online shopping. The sales produce massive waste not just from the unwanted single-use plastic and cardboard packaging, but also from the return of unwanted items. This mindset also ensures that the earth overshoot day keeps moving back.

This is especially true of the clothing industry, where much of the online returns are tossed into the landfill because the logistics and cost of putting the item back on the shelf are much too complicated. Brittons throw away approximately  300,000 tonnes of clothes every year and many of them are only worn a handful of times. We have all received an extra pair of Christmas pyjamas without a gift receipt that go straight in the ”return pile”(aka I will forget about it and throw it in the landfill bin with my eyes closed). Instead of buying gifts for the sake of buying, why not opt-out for gifting experiences instead? Stumped for ideas? Check out our plastic free Christmas gift guide.

The negative impact of Black Friday is also significant from non-recyclable, mostly plastic toys, to e-waste, to fast fashion that is only used for one season. In fact, in France, the government is considering banning  Black Friday due to the impact on the planet and the promotion of unsustainable consumption habits.

1. The passage mainly ........................
A. explains why Black Friday sales are bad for environment
B. describes shopping activities on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
C. criticizes the unwanted single-use plastic and cardboard packaging
D. concerns about the impact of non-recyclable products
2. The word "rise" in the first paragraph can be best replaced by ...................
A. drop
B. improvement
C. increase
D. fall
3. According to the second paragraph, what do people do with much of online returns?
A. people carefully put the online returns on the shelf
B. people resend the online returns to the logistics agent.
C. People have to pay more for the online returns
D. people throw the online return to the landfill
4. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A. cardboard packaging contributes to produce massive waste
B. britons don&#x27;t throw away their cloths.
C. returning online items is really compicated
D. The French goverment is considering banning Black Friday.

Timi · Accepted Answer

1. A. explains why Black Friday sales are bad for the environment
2. C. increase
3. D. people throw the online return to the landfill
4. B. Britons don&#x27;t throw away their clothes

minhanh23 · Answer

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday promote mindless consumption, excessive packaging and shipping waste, especially with the rise of online shopping. The sales produce massive waste not just from the unwant...