Creative Recycling: Turning Trash into Treasure
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#1
Creative Recycling
創意回收
#2
Plastic is all around us.
塑膠無處不在。
#3
We use plastic to make bottles for drinks, packages for food, and containers for other items we buy.
我們使用塑膠製作飲料瓶、食物包裝和其他我們購買的物品的容器。
#4
Some of this plastic is recycled, but most of this plastic ends up in the trash.
其中一些塑膠被回收，但大部分塑膠最終被丟進垃圾桶。
#5
What if there were a way to use some of this used plastic to make useful products?
如果有辦法使用一些舊塑膠製造有用的產品呢？
#6
That could help create less waste.
這可能有助於減少廢棄物。
#7
One creative business owner, Yellow Yen, is doing just that.
一位富有創意的商人黃燕正在這樣做。
#8
When we think about plastic waste, we must remember three things.
當我們考慮塑膠廢棄物時，我們必須記住三件事。
#9
Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
減少、重複使用和回收。
#10
Reduce means using less of something.
減少意味著使用更少的東西。
#11
Reuse means using something more than once.
重複使用意味著多次使用同一樣東西。
#12
Recycle means turning an old thing into something new.
回收意味著將舊東西變成新東西。
#13
Yellow is helping with this.
黃燕正在幫助實現這一點。
#14
First, he created a special plastic straw that can be reused several times.
首先，他創造了一種特殊的塑膠吸管，可以重複使用多次。
#15
He also made strong, reusable plastic bags from recycled trash.
他還用回收的垃圾製作了堅固的可重複使用的塑膠袋。
#16
These things are useful and good for the environment.
這些東西很有用，對環境有益。
#17
Many people do recycle plastic.
許多人確實回收塑膠。
#18
The plastic is taken to a place where it is made into something else.
塑膠被運送到一個地方，在那裡被製成其他東西。
#19
Yellow recycles old plastic himself and makes something different from it.
黃燕自己回收舊塑膠，並用它製造不同的東西。
#20
He uses plastic waste to make useful things such as pots for flowers.
他使用塑膠廢棄物製造有用的東西，例如花盆。
#21
He melts old plastic and gives it a new shape.
他融化舊塑膠並給它一個新的形狀。
#22
By doing this, Yellow turns trash into useful products and that helps the Earth.
通過這樣做，黃燕將垃圾變成有用的產品，這有助於保護地球。