Indian Firm Builds Roads Using Plastic Waste
印度公司利用废塑料造路
By Chia-Chin Ho, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1.to take advantage of: v.phr. 利用
2.piling heaps： n. 打桩成堆
3.non-biodegradable: adj. 生物无法分解的
4.hub: n. 集散地
5.conventional： adj. 传统的
A company in India’s southern city of Bangalore has found a way to take advantage of the country’s piling heaps of garbage, by turning the non-biodegradable plastic into roads.
一家位于印度南部城市Bangalore的公司发明了一种方法来善加利用该国打桩成堆的垃圾，那就是将这些生物无法分解的塑料运用在道路的铺设上。
K.K. Plastic Waste Management turns thousands of tons of waste plastic from India’s technology and IT hub into roads. They last longer than conventional roads and rid the city of its excess plastic.
K.K.废塑料管理公司将成千上万吨来自印度科技和IT中心的废塑料用来修建公路。由废塑料铺成的道路比传统的道路能使用的更久，亦可解决城市中过剩的塑料。
【新闻关键字】
6.garbage bin: n. 垃圾箱
7.municipal： adj. 市政的
8.rag picker: n. 拾荒者
9.asphalt： n. 沥青、柏油
10.churn： v. 搅拌
Plastic waste is collected from garbage bins across the city through a network of municipal workers, rag pickers and their own employees. Then the plastic is shred into tiny pieces and mixed with asphalt.
废塑料的来源是藉由整个城市的市政人员，拾荒者以及自己员工的网络从各处的垃圾箱收集而来的。然后，将塑料切成小碎块，并与柏油混合。
The company’s managing director says the idea came to him 10 years ago when various organizations started anti-plastic campaigns, putting their plastic churning factories in danger of being shut down.
该公司的总经理说，这个主意是他10年前想起的，当时各种组织开始进行反塑胶运动，这使得他们的塑料搅拌厂陷入倒闭的危机中。
[Ahmed Khan, K.K. Plastic Waste Management]:
“If plastic is not used properly, if it is used only in landfills, then there is no end for this. Every day there is a generation of 10,000 tons of waste plastic and it would all go to landfills, how much you can do that? There should be an end, and after filling the land it will not degenerate or bio-degrade, and ultimately it will be a problem so this is the best solution: to use it in road construction. Road construction, if it is fully used… all that waste plastic generated can be embedded in the roads."
[Ahmed Khan, K.K.废塑料管理公司]:
“如果废塑料处理不当，如果它都只堆放在垃圾掩埋场里，那么这永远都不会结束。每天都有1万吨废塑料的产生而这些全都将堆放在垃圾掩埋场里，但有多少空间可以让你这样存放呢？将来应该会有用尽的一天，而掩埋后的那些垃圾不会衰退或被生物分解，最终这将是一个问题，因此最好的解决办法：就是将它利用在道路建设。道路建设，如果充分利用的话…所有被产生的废塑料都可嵌入在道路之中。”
【新闻关键字】
11.enhance: v. 提高
12.blend： v. 混合
13.dissolve: v. 溶解
14.bituminous： adj. 沥青的
15.void： n. 空隙
16.withstand： v. 抵挡
17.deterioration： n. 恶化、退化
18.hazard： n. 危害物质
19.decompose: v. 分解
20.choke： v. 使窒息
Khan said they have helped build more than 8,000 miles of roads, and it’s even possible to completely use all the waste plastic in India to build more roads.
Khan说，这些废塑料已经协助铺设了8000多英里的公路，之后甚至可以完全使用所有的废塑料在印度兴建更多的道路。
A roads expert says the process of mixing plastic waste in road construction serves the dual purpose of getting rid of the plastic and enhancing the performance of the road.
一位道路专家说，这种利用混合废塑料来建设公路的过程，能达到处理废塑料以及提高道路性能之双重目的。
[Professor C.E.G. Justo, Road Expert]:
“It (waste plastic) is mixed in the bituminous mix, in the hot mix plant and it forms a mix. It does not really blend with it or does not dissolve with the bitumen, but it blends with it, gets into some of the voids of the bituminous mix and makes it more resistant to deterioration under wet weather conditions, or it can withstand the rainfall and the deterioration in a better way than other roads.”
[Professor C.E.G. Justo, 道路专家]:
“它（废塑料）是被搀入至沥青的混合物里头，在高温的熔合设备里形成新的混合物。它并不真正的和沥青混合，也不是溶解于沥青中，但经由它们的结合，废塑料可以渗入沥青混合物的空隙中，使之对于潮湿的天候所造成的恶化更有抵抗力，此外亦可抵挡雨量所造成的破坏以及自身的退化，这是一个能造出比其他一般道路更好的方法。 “
Plastic is considered an environmental hazard as it does not decompose and stays in the environment for years, causing grave damage to fish, marine birds and cattle that are choked to death after swallowing plastic bags.
塑料被认为是会危害环境的物质，因为它不会自行分解，而且能在环境中保存数年，这对于鱼类，海鸟类，以及牛群的生态造成严重的威胁，因为这些动物会不小心将塑料袋吞下后窒息而死亡。
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1.piling heaps of garbage
2.the non-biodegradable plastic
3.by turning the non-biodegradable plastic into roads
4.They last longer than conventional roads
5.and rid the city of its excess plastic
6.Plastic waste is collected from garbage bins
7.municipal workers
8.rag pickers
9.the plastic is shred into tiny pieces and mixed with asphalt
10.plastic churning factories
11.road construction
12.can be embedded in the roads
13.dual purpose
14.enhancing the performance of the road.
15.bituminous mix
16.the voids of the bituminous mix
17.makes it more resistant to deterioration
18.under wet weather conditions
19.it can withstand the rainfall and the deterioration
20.environmental hazard
21.it does not decompose and stays in the environment for years
22.causing grave damage to fish
23.marine birds
24.are choked to death
25.after swallowing plastic bags
