回收垃圾出奇招印尼推出“塑料公交车”_BEC初级作文

回收垃圾出奇招印尼推出“塑料公交车”

印度尼西亚的其他地区也在努力解决这个问题，这个群岛国家由大约1.7万个岛屿组成。

Bali is phasing in a ban on single-use plastic straws and bags to rid the popular holiday island of waste choking its waterways, while authorities in the capital Jakarta are considering a similar bylaw to rid the city of plastic shopping bags.

巴厘岛正逐步禁止使用一次性塑料吸管和塑料袋，以清除这个度假胜地岛屿上堵塞水道的垃圾。与此同时，首都雅加达的有关部门也在考虑制定类似的法规，以清除该市的塑料购物袋。

phase in：逐步采用；分阶段引入

choke[tʃəʊk]：vt.阻塞；抑制

6月14日，海滩清洁人员在亨德森岛捡垃圾。（IAIN MCGREGOR/法新社） Governments around the globe are increasingly taking measures to curb the menace of disposable plastic.

世界各国政府都在采取更多措施遏制一次性塑料的威胁。

A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation warned there would be more plastic than fish, by weight, in the seas by 2050.

艾伦·麦克阿瑟基金会2016年的一份报告警告称，到2050年，海洋中塑料的重量将超过鱼类。

It estimated eight million tonnes of plastics enter oceans annually.

据估计，每年有800万吨塑料进入海洋。

It added: "This is equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute. If no action is taken, this is expected to increase to two per minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050."