PE 9/21 Eat This?

You probably recycle the wrappers encasing your food, but would you actually eat them?
* encase: 감싸다

In an effort to reduce the 70 million tons of packaging waste in U.S. landfills each year, biomedical engineers are creating food wrappers that are edible, soluble, and flavorful.
* landfill: 매립지
* edible: 먹을 수 있는
* soluble: 녹는

Imagine dropping a packet of cocoa into hot water and watching its casing dissolve, or drinking some juice and then eating the cup.
* dissolve: 용해하다

You can have your cup and eat it, too.
* you can't have your cake and eat it too: 두 가지를 동시에 가질 수 는 없다
ex> You already have a boyfriend so don't try to steal mine. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

But how do you convince consumers that it's O.K. to eat the wrapper?

One selling point: edible packaging has roots in nature.

So step up to the plate and help save the planet. That's a wrap.
* step up to the plate: 행동을 취하다, 책임을 다하다
ex> Be a man. Step up to the plate and be a good father to your children.
* that's a wrap: 끝나다
ex> After 6 months of shooting the film, the director was satisfied and said, " That's a wrap."