One key finding the study identified is that waste mismanagement wasn't necessarily a problem of having the recycling capacity, landfill space or incinerators, but the bottle neck came from the collection gap.
该研究的一个重要发现是,废物管理不善不一定是是否拥有回收能力、垃圾填埋场或焚化炉的问题,收垃圾的巨大差距才是瓶颈所在。
"There are billions of people without collection services right now. When certain groups say we can recycle our way out of it, you can't recycle something you haven't collected. You can't dispose of something you haven't collected," said Dr. Winnie Lau, co-author of the study.
研究报告的合著者维尼·劳博士说:“当前有数十亿人没有收垃圾服务。某些组织表示,我们可以通过回收来解决问题,但你不能回收你未收集的垃圾,你也不能处理你未收集的垃圾。”
The team noted that in many middle-income countries, such as India, informal workers and waste pickers made a living from collecting plastics and that their work was a key component of being able to solve this collection gap. Often these workers have no legal or formal recognition and no protection.
研究团队指出,在许多中等收入国家,比如印度,临时工和捡垃圾的人靠收塑料为生,他们的工作是填补这一收垃圾差距的关键组成部分。这些劳动者往往没有合法的正式职业,也不受保护。
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