[A] accessing [B] amounts [C] contact [D] eliminate [E] enhance

[F] environmentally [G] excessive [H] impact [I] indicating [J] maintainable

[K] normally [L] promising [M] response [N] sustainable [O] systematic

Many major supermarket chains have been criticized for various unethical acts over the past decade. They’ve wasted tons of food and they’ve contributed to【C1】_____plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its【C2】_____on our environment.

But supermarkets and grocers are starting to sit up and take notice. In【C3】_____to a growing consumer backlash (抵制) against the huge【C4】__of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have signed up to a pact【C5】__to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. Supermarkets are now beginning to take some responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one major supermarket announcing their plan to【C6】_____all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023.

In answer to criticisms over food waste, some supermarkets are donating some of their food surplus. However, charities estimate that they are only【C7】_____two per cent of supermarkets’ total food surplus, so this hardly seems to be solving the problem. Some say that supermarkets are simply not doing enough. Most supermarkets operate under a veil of secrecy when asked for exact figures of food wastage, and without more transparency it is hard to come up with a【C8】_____approach to avoiding waste and to redistributing surplus food.

Some smaller companies are now taking matters into their own hands and offering consumers a greener, more【C9】_____friendly option. There is no doubt that we still have a long way to go in reducing food waste and plastic waste. But perhaps the major supermarkets might take inspiration from these smaller grocers and gradually move towards a more【C10】_____future for us all.

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