跟塑料袋拜拜——中国对塑料垃圾宣战.pdfVIP

BILINGUAL WORLD CUS：l：焦点 Kicking Out the Carrier Bag ● ● State Council Declares War on Plastic W_aste 跟塑料袋拜拜——中国对塑料垃圾宣战 朗读-s The trash mountains in China‘S major cit— 3 billion shopping bags a day”一That‘S the 角。世界观察研究所 {总部在华盛顿 ies are about to get considerably smallel, equivalent of EVERYONE in the country foflowing a State Council resolution ban— using two new shopping bags daily! ning the use of flimsy plastic bags． 目前，中国是世界上塑料袋消费最大的国 中国大城市中的垃圾山这回可要“瘦身—了． 家，这就意味着为了满足需求中国每年 因为国务院颁布了限制使用塑料袋的法令。 要消耗掉3．7千万桶油。有报道甚至称中 国 “每天能用掉3O亿塑料购物袋“——这 The ban，which comes into e仟ect on 相当于每个中国人每天用2个塑料袋! June 1 st，iS another step forwa rd in the Government‘S Plan to host a”G reen In a global economy rapidly running out Olympics”when the Games come to of resou rces，China。S ban is being herald— Beijing in August． ed as a responsible，and much—needed， 该法令将于6月1曰生效．是中国政府为了创 environmental policy．Ch ristopher Fla． 造8月份的 绿色奥运”而颁布的新举措。 vin，president of Worldwatch Institute， a WaShington—based envi ronmentaI Beijing，which employs an army of rub— resea rch g rou p，claimed that”China is bish collectors and recyclers，is trying ahead of the US with this policy．” desperately to improve its image before 在全球经济快速消耗能源的今天，中国的 the eyes of the world fall on the city． 这一举措将吹响保护环境责任重大的号 Along with initiatives to get rid of the city’S smog and to beat the”Fou r Evils” 一 spitting，swea ring，smoking and shov— ing—Beijing has launched several large recycling d rives and public awareness campaigns to try and beat the litter．So， as pa rt of this d rive towards a greener Beijing，plastic bags have to go． 北京政府招募了大批的垃圾清洁工清扫垃 圾．期望在全球注目的那一刻彻底改变城市 的形象。在积极地处理大气污染和扫除”四 害“{吐痰．说脏话．吸烟和横穿马路)的同 时．北京也发起了多项回收垃圾以及引起公 众意识的活动。因此．作为创造绿色北京的 必备条件．塑