研究：彻底禁用塑料无助环保或增加温室气体排放量_BEC初级作文

研究：彻底禁用塑料无助环保或增加温室气体排放量

为了保护环境而减少或禁用塑料已经成为很多人的共识。然而，最近英国一所大学的研究人员指出，使用其他替代材料反而会增加温室气体排放量。塑料的使用需要遵循“循环经济”模式，而不是减少或禁用。

An outright ban on plastics could cause even more harm to the environment and lead to triple the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

完全禁用塑料可能对环境造成更大的危害，导致温室气体排放量增加至之前的三倍。

研究：彻底禁用塑料无助环保或增加温室气体排放量1

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That's the finding of experts from Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, who say that replacing plastic with alternate materials such as metal and glass won't help the environment.

这是爱丁堡赫里奥特-瓦特大学的专家得出的结论。专家表示，用金属和玻璃等替代材料取代塑料并不会有益环境。

The team say this is because the manufacturing of these replacements could double global energy consumption.

研究小组表示，这是因为制造这些替代品可能使全球能源消耗增加一倍。

Resources required to process these replacement materials would lead to more energy consumption and more greenhouse gas.

加工这些替代材料所需的资源将产生更多的能源消耗和温室气体。

Campaigners have called for reductions or bans, with recent programs such as the BBC's Blue Planet highlighting the impact of plastics on the world's oceans.