【精英翻譯】的部落格

Reducing Pollution with Fish Skin and Algae  魚皮海藻塑膠，環保愛地球

精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0058/347206/web/

Pollution from plastic bags and packaging is causing huge problems around the world. Originally, people started using plastic because it is strong and lasts a long time. Now, because of those qualities, plastics are polluting our oceans and killing sea life. This has left us searching for a replacement.

來自塑膠袋和包裝材的汙染正在世界各地造成極大的問題。起初，人們開始使用塑膠是因為它堅固且持久。現在，因為那些特性，塑膠製品正在汙染我們的海洋並且殺害海洋生物。這已讓我們在尋找替代品。

Lucy Hughes, a product design student in the United Kingdom, has come up with one: a material made from fish skin and algae. Hughes has named the material Marinatex. Made from sea waste, the clear material is environmentally responsible. Unlike plastic, it is easily disposed of and will fully biodegrade in less than a month.

露西．休斯（一名英國產品設計系的學生）想出了一個替代品：一種用魚皮和海藻製成的材質。休斯將這個材質命名為Marinatex。這種透明的材質用海洋廢棄物製成，而且對環境負責。和塑膠不同，它容易處置，並且不到一個月就能完全生物分解。

On average, most plastic products are only used for 12 minutes before being thrown away. But plastic can take up to 1,000 years to break down. That’s why Hughes says it makes no sense to use plastic. She hopes Marinatex can replace plastics used in packaging and food boxes and help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution worldwide.

平均而言，大部分的塑膠製品只使用十二分鐘就被丟棄。但塑膠可能要花長達一千年的時間分解。那就是休斯說沒道理使用塑膠的原因。她希望Marinatex可以取代用在包裝和食品盒上的塑膠，並且幫助解決世界各地日益嚴重的塑膠汙染問題。