Canada plans to ban single-use plastics by 2021
加拿大计划2021年禁止一次性塑料用品
From plastic bags to straws, single-use plastic products have worn out their welcome in Canada. Today, the Canadian government announced that it plans to “ban harmful single-use plastics as early as 2021” in an effort to reduce the 3 million tons of plastic waste tossed out by the country every year.
从塑料袋到塑料吸管,加拿大人对一次性塑料用品的热情已渐渐消磨殆尽。今天,加拿大政府宣布,计划“最早于2021年禁止使用一次性塑料用品”,以减少塑料垃圾(该国每年会扔掉300万吨塑料垃圾)。
According to the Canadian government, 15 billion plastic bags are used in Canada every year, along with 57 million plastic straws every day. Not only that, but only 10 percent of plastic waste in the country actually gets recycled. And since China stopped importing plastic recycling last year, Canada’s plastic problems (and recycling problems) have taken on a new urgency.
加拿大政府表示,加拿大每年使用的塑料袋达150亿个,每天使用的塑料吸管达5700万根。除此之外,只有10%的废塑料会被回收利用。去年,中国开始停止进口废塑料,加拿大的塑料问题(及循环问题)面临新的难题。
Canada isn’t alone in confronting the plastic juggernaut. Plastics are now just about everywhere on Earth, from the deepest parts of the ocean to the frozen wilderness of Antarctica. Fish, birds, and other creatures can get caught in plastic trash or eat plastic particles instead of food, often with tragic results. Once plastic makes it to the ocean, it is incredibly difficult to clean up. One of the best ways to prevent plastic from getting into the ocean is to stop using so much of it in the first place.
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