加拿大將在明年年底禁止一次性塑料製品_風聞

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Canada will ban single-use plastic items by the end of next year

加拿大將在明年年底禁止一次性塑料製品

(A woman in Toronto carries her groceries in plastic bags.)

（多倫多的一位婦女用塑料袋提着她的食品雜貨）

新聞：

Travelers to Canada should not expect to see some everyday plastic items starting next year.

從明年開始，去加拿大旅行的人可別指望每天都能看到塑料製品。

The country plans to ban single-use plastics -- checkout bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, cutlery and even foodware made from hard-to-recycle plastics -- nationwide by the end of 2021.

加拿大計劃到2021年底在全國範圍內禁止使用一次性塑料——結帳袋、吸管、攪拌棒、六罐塑料環、餐具，甚至是用難以回收的塑料製成的食品器皿。

The move is part of a larger effort by the nation to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030.

這一舉措是加拿大在2030年前實現塑料垃圾零排放的更大努力的一部分。

“Plastic pollution threatens our natural environment. It fills our rivers or lakes, and most particularly our oceans, choking the wildlife that live there,” Canadian Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday in a news conference. “Canadians see the impact that pollution has from coast to coast to coast.”

“塑料污染威脅着我們的自然環境。它填滿了我們的河流或湖泊，尤其是我們的海洋，窒息了生活在那裏的野生動物，”加拿大環境部長喬納森·威爾金森在週三的新聞發佈會上説。“加拿大人看到了污染對各個海岸的影響。”

The plan also includes improvements to keep “plastic in our economy and out of our environment,” he said.

他説，該計劃還包括“經濟中有塑料，環境裏無塑料”的改進措施。

Canada and plastic waste

加拿大與塑膠廢物

Single-use plastics make up most of the plastic litter found in Canada’s freshwater environments, according to the government.

根據政府的調查，在加拿大的淡水環境中發現的塑料垃圾中，一次性塑料佔了大部分。

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first announced the country’s plan to ban these kinds of plastics last year, describing it as “a problem we simply can’t afford to ignore,” according to a news release.

加拿大總理賈斯汀·特魯多去年首次宣佈了該國禁止這類塑料的計劃，並在一份新聞稿中稱，這是“一個我們不能忽視的問題”。

In addition, single-use plastics have three key characteristics that make them a target of the ban, according to Wilkinson.

此外，根據威爾金森的説法，一次性塑料有三個主要特點，使它們成為了禁令的目標。

“They are harmful in the environment, they are difficult or costly to recycle and there are readily available alternatives,” he said.

他説：“它們對環境有害，回收利用難度大，成本高，而且有現成的替代品。”

According to the government, Canadians throw away more than 3 million tons of plastic waste every year -- and only 9% of that plastic is recycled.

根據政府的數據，加拿大人每年扔掉超過300萬噸的塑料垃圾，但只有9%的塑料被回收利用。

“The rest goes to landfills or into our environment,” said Wilkinson.

“剩下的都進入了垃圾填埋場或者我們的環境，”威爾金森説。

Although the new regulations won’t come into effect until 2021, the Canadian government is releasing a discussion paper outlining the proposed plastics ban and soliciting public feedback. It will be available until December 9 of this year.

儘管新規定要到2021年才能生效，但加拿大政府發佈了一份討論文件，概述了擬議中的塑料禁令，並徵求公眾意見。它將在今年12月9日之前公佈。

Coronavirus and plastic PPE

疫情和塑料防護用品

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, personal protective equipment has become a part of people’s day-to-day lives.

在全球應對大流行之際，個人防護裝備已成為人們日常生活的一部分。

Wilkinson clarified that the single-use plastic ban would not affect “access to PPE or any other plastics used in the medical environment.”

威爾金森澄清説，一次性使用塑料的禁令不會影響“個人防護裝備或醫療環境中使用的任何其他塑料”。

Nevertheless, he said the government is keeping an eye on pollution stemming from the use of protective equipment.

儘管如此，他説政府正在密切關注因使用防護用品而產生的污染。

“We did discuss pollution considerations relating to PPE at the Canadian Council of Environment Ministers meeting earlier this summer,” Wilkinson said. “We committed, with the provinces and territories, to working together and with industry to ensure that we can properly dispose of PPE so that it does not end up in our natural environment,”

威爾金森説：“今年夏天早些時候，在加拿大環境部長會議上，我們確實討論了與個人防護用品有關的污染問題。我們承諾，與各省和地區，以及工業界一起努力，確保我們能夠妥善處理個人防護用品，這樣它就不會進入我們的自然環境。”

“We are also investigating solutions to recycle PPE where it is safe to do so, and add options to make some of the PPE biodegradable,” he added.

他補充説：“我們也在研究回收個人防護用品中安全部分的解決方案，並增加選擇，使一些個人防護用品可生物降解。”