英語世界文摘:10 Fun Facts About Recycling

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10 Fun Facts About Recycling

垃圾回收利用十趣聞

By Wendy Gabriel

文/溫迪·加布里埃爾

Doing your part to reduce your waste, reuse items when possible and recycle materials when appropriate, helps lessen your impact on our environment. We’ve put together 10 fun facts about recycling to make sure you know it really is worth the extra effort.

每個(gè)人從我做起，減少廢棄物，盡可能對(duì)物品重復(fù)使用，對(duì)材料適當(dāng)回收，幫助減少個(gè)人對(duì)環(huán)境的影響。這里整理了10 條關(guān)于回收利用的趣聞，人們了解后一定會(huì)明白，為此多付出一些努力真的非常值。

(1) Every time a ton of paper is recycled it saves 17 trees, 380 gallons¹ of oil, three cubic yards² of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water.

（1）每回收利用1噸廢紙，能少砍伐17棵樹，相當(dāng)于節(jié)約380加侖石油、3立方碼垃圾填埋空間、4000千瓦電和7000加侖水。

(2) Recycling just a single aluminum can saves enough energy to catch up on your favorite album on your music device and recycling 100 aluminum cans saves enough energy to keep the lights on in your bedroom for two weeks.

（2）僅回收1個(gè)鋁罐節(jié)省的電便足夠在音樂設(shè)備上聽完一張最愛的專輯，而回收100個(gè)鋁罐節(jié)省的電足以使臥室燈長明兩周。

(3) There are over 80 billion aluminum cans used each and every year around the world. You can recycle aluminum over and over again.

（3）全世界年均鋁罐使用量超過800億個(gè)。人們可以不斷回收利用鋁。

(4) Making new paper from recycled materials uses less energy than producing paper from virgin tree products and leaves more trees to absorb excess carbon dioxide.

（4）相比于使用原生木材生產(chǎn)紙張，使用回收材料制造新紙耗能更少，還可保留更多樹木吸收過量二氧化碳。

(5) There will be 1.5 million new jobs generated in the U.S. when U.S. recycling levels reach 75 percent.

（5）美國回收利用率若達(dá)到75%，將能創(chuàng)造150萬個(gè)新就業(yè)崗位。

(6) Also, when U.S. recycling levels reach 75 percent, it will be the environmental and CO2 equivalent of removing 55 million cars from U.S. roads each year.

（6）另外，回收利用率達(dá)到75%時(shí)，從環(huán)保及二氧化碳排放水平看，相當(dāng)于美國每年減少5500萬輛汽車上路。

(7) Making recycled paper instead of new paper uses 64 percent less energy and uses 58 percent less water.

（7）生產(chǎn)再生紙而非重新造紙能夠節(jié)約64%的電及58%的水。

(8) A single recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours. It also creates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than would be created when making a new bottle.

（8）回收1個(gè)塑料瓶節(jié)約的電可讓100瓦燈泡亮4小時(shí)。與生產(chǎn)新塑料瓶相比，此舉還能減少20%的空氣污染及50%的水污染。

(9) Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds³ per person.

（9）美國人每年使用6700多萬噸紙張，人均約580磅。

(10) You can make 20 new aluminum cans from recycled material using the same amount of energy that it takes to make 1 brand new aluminum can.

（10）使用回收材料制造20個(gè)新鋁罐，能耗等同于制造一個(gè)全新鋁罐。

注釋：

1. gallon 加侖。1加侖（美）=3.785412升，1加侖（英）=4.546092升。

2. cubic yard 立方碼。1立方碼≈0.76立方米。

3. pound 磅。1磅≈0.45千克。