The plastic problem 塑料问题The world has a plastic problem. And not just with bottles. Straws (吸管), toothbrushes and toys - all kinds of plastic are placed in landfills. There are 5 billion tons of plastic waste in the world.Landfills have a large part of it. By 2050, they could ha...
The world has a plastic problem. And not just with bottles. Straws, toothbrushes, toys-all kinds of plastics are placed in landfills. There are 5 billion tons of plastic waste in the world.Landfills have a large part of it. By 2050, they could have 13 billion tons.Much of plastic rubbi...
But every year more and more plastic waste ends up here. And a global team of scientists has now tracked the production and disposal of plastic all around the world and used that information to forecast thescaleof our plastic pollution problem for the next 20 years. 但每年都有越来越多的塑料...
These are sights we’re all too familiar with – plastic floating in the oceans or piled up in bursting landfills. And whilst our instinct might be to demonise the material itself, arguably the main problem is how we use ...
【题目】The world has a plastics problem. And not just with bottles. Straws(吸管), toothbrushes, toys—all kinds of plastics are placed in landfills. There are 5 billion tons of plastic waste in the world. Landfills have a large part of it. By 2050, they could have 13 billion tons. ...
The world has a plastic problem—and it is increasing. 1 . But in the meantime, here are five things you can do to reduce plastic waste now.1. Quit using plastic bags. Instead, take your own reusable shopping bag to the store. People use a trillion plastic bags worldwide every year....
根据上文提示“The world has a plastic problem—and it is increasing.(全球面临着塑料污染问题)”,再根据下文提示“But in the meantime, here are five things you can do to reduce plastic waste now.(但与此同时,你现在可以做以下五件事来减少塑料垃圾。)”可知,设空处应该在讲怎样减少塑料垃圾。由此...
To help solve the problem, he had an unusual idea. Mr Katz calls his idea the “Plastic Bank”. In poor countries, people are already working so hard just to get enough food to eat, to find a place to live, and to keep themselves healthy. Spending time on recycling (回收再利用) ...
Her award-winning 2017 research into microplastics in rivers led to the US Congress banning microbeads. 在2017年她对河流中微塑料的研究获奖,这导致美国国会禁止全国使用塑料微珠。 Here, she explains the problem of plastics to BBC World Service programme, The Real Story: 以下是她在BBC全球服务节目《...
1. The problem is most acute in our oceans. 2. Dr Jennifer Lavers from the University of Tasmania says "…almost every species in the ocean is now being shown to be impacted one way or another by our waste." 3. This is due to the ...