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Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30 minute program from The Voice of America.

I'm Brian Lynn. from the voice of America.

I'm Brian Lynn.

And I'm Katie Weaver.

This program is aimed at English learners.

So we speak slowly and we use words and phrases, especially written presents Ask A Teacher. We also have words and their stories from Anna Mateo.

And we close the show with an American story.

But first,

A Workshop in Taiwan. But first, a workshop in Taipei, Taiwan is giving new life to bottle caps, food packaging, old toys, and other kinds of plastic waste.

The Zero Waste Workshop, known as Trash Kitchen, gives people

the hands-on experience in the recycling process.

People take plastic waste,

then soften and shape it into a pair of sunglasses within two hours.

Arthur Wong started the company that holds the workshop.

He spoke to Reuters News Agency.

He said, what we are trying to show in the trash kitchen is to let you see, feel, touch

within minutes how this process can actually work without secondary pollution,

and you can actually turn it into something of value directly in front of you.

Wong is the founder of Minnie Whiz.

The company recycles waste material into goods that people want to buy.

Minnie Wiz also produces tiles, bricks, hangars, and other daily necessities from plastic and organic waste.

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