Creative Recycling: Turning Trash into Treasure创意回收：废物变宝物
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#1
Creative Recycling
创意回收
#2
Plastic is all around us.
塑胶无处不在。
#3
We use plastic to make bottles for drinks, packages for food, and containers for other items we buy.
我们使用塑胶制作饮料瓶、食物包装和其他我们购买的物品的容器。
#4
Some of this plastic is recycled, but most of this plastic ends up in the trash.
其中一些塑胶被回收，但大部分塑胶最终被丢进垃圾桶。
#5
What if there were a way to use some of this used plastic to make useful products?
如果有办法使用一些旧塑胶制造有用的产品呢？
#6
That could help create less waste.
这可能有助于减少废弃物。
#7
One creative business owner, Yellow Yen, is doing just that.
一位富有创意的商人黄燕正在这样做。
#8
When we think about plastic waste, we must remember three things.
当我们考虑塑胶废弃物时，我们必须记住三件事。
#9
Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
减少、重复使用和回收。
#10
Reduce means using less of something.
减少意味着使用更少的东西。
#11
Reuse means using something more than once.
重复使用意味着多次使用同一样东西。
#12
Recycle means turning an old thing into something new.
回收意味着将旧东西变成新东西。
#13
Yellow is helping with this.
黄燕正在帮助实现这一点。
#14
First, he created a special plastic straw that can be reused several times.
首先，他创造了一种特殊的塑胶吸管，可以重复使用多次。
#15
He also made strong, reusable plastic bags from recycled trash.
他还用回收的垃圾制作了坚固的可重复使用的塑胶袋。
#16
These things are useful and good for the environment.
这些东西很有用，对环境有益。
#17
Many people do recycle plastic.
许多人确实回收塑胶。
#18
The plastic is taken to a place where it is made into something else.
塑胶被运送到一个地方，在那里被制成其他东西。
#19
Yellow recycles old plastic himself and makes something different from it.
黄燕自己回收旧塑胶，并用它制造不同的东西。
#20
He uses plastic waste to make useful things such as pots for flowers.
他使用塑胶废弃物制造有用的东西，例如花盆。
#21
He melts old plastic and gives it a new shape.
他融化旧塑胶并给它一个新的形状。
#22
By doing this, Yellow turns trash into useful products and that helps the Earth.
通过这样做，黄燕将垃圾变成有用的产品，这有助于保护地球。