The next time you fly, your drink cup might just look and taste a little bit different.
As we all know, air travel is not eco-friendly. In fact, each flight leaves a pretty big carbon footprint. According to the United Nations, emissions of carbon dioxide from airplanes is expected to have tripled by the year 2050. This is a big problem. In 2018 alone, over 900 million metric tons of emissions were created from air travel. While that issue is going to require a lot of attention, one airline is trying to find more immediate ways to reduce its own footprint, at least within the interior of its airplanes.
Air New Zealand is testing out an edible coffee cup aboard its flights. The cups are vanilla-flavored and leak-proof.
The cups are being produced by the New Zealand company Twiice. Currently, they are Twiice's only edible products, but the company says it expects to launch other edible items soon. According to its website, the coffee cups are made from wheat flour, sugar, egg and vanilla essence.
Air New Zealand currently uses eco-friendly cups on all of its flights. The edible cups may push its efforts to go green even further.
What are the passengers who've received their drinks in edible cups saying about them?
“The cups have been welcomed by our customers. We’ve also been using the cups as dessert bowls,” says Niki Chave, Air New Zealand's manager of customer experience.
The airline is also encouraging its customers to bring their own reusable bottles on flights. "It's great to see that more and more customers are bringing their own reusable drink bottles and are keeping cups on board,”says Air New Zealand. “Our cabin crew team is happy to fill these.”
【小题1】What does the underlined word “edible” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?| A．Eatable. | B．Beautiful. | C．Unbreakable. | D．Green. |
| A．A new way to use cups on flights. |
| B．A new way to make air travel eco-friendly. |
| C．Air New Zealand’s good service. |
| D．Air New Zealand’s popularity among travelers. |
| A．Food waste is the main reason of pollution from air travel. |
| B．Twiice will lose more money due to its environmental efforts. |
| C．More and more air travelers are willing to protect environment. |
| D．Twiice will ask its customers to bring their own drinks in the future. |
| A．Tourism Economy. | B．Food Industry. |
| C．Environmental Protection. | D．Exclusive Interview. |
