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Garbage Sorting

Published in: 2019-07-26    Click on the quantity:

每周一词第124垃圾分类

Word of the Week--Garbage Sorting

【词义解释】

垃圾分类(garbage sortinggarbage/trash/waste都是垃圾的意思,sort是分类),是目前引起广泛热议的话题,垃圾分类受到了大多数人的欢迎,不仅节约资源resource-saving,还保护环境(environment-friendly)。上海作为先行者(pioneer)已经率先开展了强制垃圾分类mandatory garbage sorting,不久之后北京也将推动垃圾分类。你做好准备来迎接垃圾分类了吗?

【背景资料】

71日起,上海市正式实施生活垃圾分类和回收条例,要求市民按照干垃圾、湿垃圾、可回收垃圾和有害垃圾对废弃物进行分类,个人扔错垃圾将面临最高200元的罚款。

Shanghai enacted a set of regulations on household garbage sorting and recycling from Monday, which requires residents to sort household garbage into four kinds: dry refuse, wet trash, recyclable waste and hazardous waste. Individuals who fail to sort garbage may be fined up to 200 yuan.

继上海出台法规实行强制垃圾分类后,北京也要推动垃圾分类立法了。北京市城管委表示,北京将跟上海一样实行垃圾强制分类,不过垃圾分类标准与上海不同。

The Beijing urban management commission said on Wednesday that Beijing will follow Shanghai's suit on mandatory household garbage sorting, though in different garbage classification standards.

北京采取的垃圾分类方法为“四分法”,将垃圾分为可回收物(recyclable waste,蓝色桶)、厨余垃圾(kitchen waste,绿色桶)、有害垃圾(hazardous waste,红色桶)、其他垃圾(other waste,灰色桶)。目前北京市已在党政机关率先开展垃圾分类,并在全市30%的街道、乡镇创建了100个垃圾分类示范片区(garbage sorting demonstration zones)。


【词汇拓展

生活垃圾管理 domestic waste management

一次性餐具 disposable cutlery

环保材料 environment-friendly materials

可再生资源 renewable resources

 

撰稿:张欣