Many people say that we have developed into a “throw-away society”, because we are filling up our environment with so many plastic bags and rubbish that we cannot fully dispose of. To want extent do you agree with this opinion and what measures can you recommend to reduce this problem?
In present-day society, plastic containers and utensils are extensively used in big cities and the countryside alike. They are so ubiquitous I would hazard the guess that each one of us has seen, at one time or another, the unsightly scene of plastic bags swirling in the wind. These plastic shopping bags, chopsticks, to-go boxes and mineral-water bottles, to name but a few, when not properly disposed of, create a colossal amount of non-biodegradable refuse. Therefore, some people argue that we have embarked upon a “throw-away” era when plastic trash is largely dumped indiscriminately and irresponsibly (this practice is often labeled “white pollution” on account of the color of plastic wastes). Personally , I wholeheartedly support their view.
There are numerous reasons for this worrisome phenomenon coming into being. To begin with , at present the bulk of people who shop and/or eat out regularly are still poorly-informed, uninformed or misinformed about the pernicious influence that non-biodegradable pollutants exert on the ecosystem, which is the main culprit in the global-scale mishandling of the plastic wastes. The chief component of such trash is polythene, which cannot decompose on landfill sites over the process of the next hundreds of years if no major scientific breakthrough comes along in polythene treatment. Thus, such trash must be dealt with collectively rather than be scattered like tumbleweeds. Secondly, the proliferation of plastic shopping bags and eating ware is largely fuelled by the surging, headlong consumerism. Plastic containers and utensils are lighter in weight, cheaper(often free of charge) in price and water-resistant in performance. These superior properties make them preferable to their paper and cloth counterparts in customers’ eyes; and as consumer satisfaction reigns supreme in contemporary society, compared with superb portability, affordability and utility, how to dispose of them is the last thing the customers are concerned about. Additionally, plastic bags, wrap and containers are also commercially feasible since they are cheaper to manufacture, ship and store. These mercenary considerations also have prompted the good old cloth or paper bags to be supplanted by plastic bags but over the phasing-out process, few stores and restaurants advocate or encourage the use of environmentally—benign disposal of plastic trash, hence the whole slew of non-biodegradable garbage. And environmental hazards ensue.
Given the scale and severity of “white pollution”, we must take immediate steps to address this scourge. In the first place, we must do our utmost to enhance people’s awareness of how persistent and devastating non-biodegradable trash can be to our environment and our posterity’s. Secondly, retail stores and dining establishments should spare no effort in encouraging their customers to reuse plastic packing items. Furthermore, indiscriminate and irresponsible dumping of household garbage or personal junk should be outlawed by the legislature and heavy fines or even jail terms must be imposed on those compulsive litterbugs who fail to get their act together. Then , on the part of the biochemical researchers and technologists , scientific research must be launched here and now in pursuit of effectual ways to convert non-biodegradable refuse to biodegradable refuse. Last but not least, the government must not shirk its obligations in mobilizing scientific resources and rallying popular support in the crusade against “white pollution”. Neither should it pay just lip service to relevant research and campaigns if no enough funding can be obtained otherwise. Additionally, I am convinced a customer tax levied by the government on the use of plastic bags will also help to curb this massive “white pollution”.
The havoc non-biodegradable refuse can wreak on the ecosystem is beyond our imagination. It can eventually devastate soil, water and the aquatic and terrestrial biota. We must start combating this environmental catastrophe before the ecosystem irretrievably breaks down under the reign of the minute plastic debris.
很多人說我們已經(jīng)發(fā)展成為一個“被扔掉的社會”，因為我們填補了我們的環(huán)境，有這么多的塑料袋和垃圾，我們不能完全處置。想要程度上，你同意這個觀點，你可以推薦什么樣的措施來減少這個問題？
在當(dāng)今社會，塑料容器和餐具被廣泛應(yīng)用于大城市和農(nóng)村的一致好評。他們是如此無處不在我敢大膽地說，我們每個人已經(jīng)看到，在同一時間或其他，塑料袋紛飛，風(fēng)中的難看場面的猜測。這些塑料購物袋，筷子，到去框和礦物質(zhì)的瓶裝水，以僅舉幾個例子，如果沒有適當(dāng)?shù)奶幹?，?chuàng)建非生物降解的垃圾的一個巨大的數(shù)額。因此，有人認(rèn)為，我們已經(jīng)開始了一種“用完即棄”時代，塑料垃圾桶主要是胡亂傾倒和不負(fù)責(zé)任（這種做法經(jīng)常賬戶塑料廢料的顏色標(biāo)記的“白色污染”）。就個人而言，我全力支持他們的觀點。
有許多原因令人擔(dān)憂的現(xiàn)象正在形成。首先，目前大部分的人誰商店和/或外出就餐定期仍然很差知情，無知或誤導(dǎo)有關(guān)的惡劣影響是不可生物降解的污染物產(chǎn)生的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，這是在使用全局的罪魁禍?zhǔn)姿芰蠌U棄物的規(guī)模不當(dāng)。這種垃圾的主要成分是聚乙烯，它不能在垃圾填埋場，在未來幾百年的過程中分解，如果沒有重大的科學(xué)突破走來的聚乙烯處理。因此，這些垃圾必須處理集體，而不是散落像風(fēng)滾草。其次，塑料購物袋和飲食器具的擴(kuò)散在很大程度上助長了澎湃的，輕率的消費。塑料容器和器具在價格和耐水性能重量更輕，更便宜的（通常是免費）。這些卓越的性能使得它們的紙和布對口客戶的眼睛;而作為消費者的滿意度在當(dāng)代社會中居于主導(dǎo)地位，以精湛的便攜性，可負(fù)擔(dān)性和實用性相比，如何處置這些是過去的事情了客戶關(guān)心的問題。此外，塑料袋，包裝和容器也商業(yè)上可行的，因為它們是便宜的制造，裝運和存放。這些唯利是圖的考慮也促使美好的舊布或紙袋被塑料袋所取代，但在逐步淘汰的過程中，一些商店和餐館提倡或鼓勵使用環(huán)境友好的處理塑料垃圾中，因此，整體轉(zhuǎn)換的不可生物降解的垃圾。和環(huán)境危害隨之而來。
鑒于“白色污染”的規(guī)模和嚴(yán)重性，我們必須立即采取措施來解決這一禍害。首先，我們必須盡的努力，以提高如何持久和毀滅性的不可降解垃圾的人們的意識，可以對我們的環(huán)境和我們的后代的。其次，零售商店和餐飲場所應(yīng)該不遺余力地鼓勵顧客重復(fù)使用塑料包裝的物品。此外，濫用和不負(fù)責(zé)任地傾倒生活垃圾和個人的垃圾應(yīng)該由立法機構(gòu)和高額罰款甚至牢獄之災(zāi)被取締，必須強加給那些誰輪不到他們的共同行動強迫垃圾蟲。然后，在生化研究人員和技術(shù)人員的一部分，科學(xué)研究必須在此時此地展開追求的行之有效的方法，非生物降解垃圾轉(zhuǎn)化為生物可降解的垃圾。最后但并非最不重要的，政府不能推卸調(diào)動科研資源和對“白色污染”的討伐召集民眾支持的義務(wù)。也不應(yīng)支付只是口惠而實不至相關(guān)的研究和活動，如果沒有足夠的資金可以以其他方式來獲得。此外，我相信客戶稅收對使用塑料袋征收，政府也將有助于遏制這一巨大的“白色污染”。
浩劫非生物降解的垃圾可對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)造成嚴(yán)重超出了我們的想象。它可以最終摧毀土壤，水和水生和陸生生物。我們必須開始打擊這一環(huán)境災(zāi)難前的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中的分塑料碎片的統(tǒng)治下無可挽回地打破了。
In present-day society, plastic containers and utensils are extensively used in big cities and the countryside alike. They are so ubiquitous I would hazard the guess that each one of us has seen, at one time or another, the unsightly scene of plastic bags swirling in the wind. These plastic shopping bags, chopsticks, to-go boxes and mineral-water bottles, to name but a few, when not properly disposed of, create a colossal amount of non-biodegradable refuse. Therefore, some people argue that we have embarked upon a “throw-away” era when plastic trash is largely dumped indiscriminately and irresponsibly (this practice is often labeled “white pollution” on account of the color of plastic wastes). Personally , I wholeheartedly support their view.
There are numerous reasons for this worrisome phenomenon coming into being. To begin with , at present the bulk of people who shop and/or eat out regularly are still poorly-informed, uninformed or misinformed about the pernicious influence that non-biodegradable pollutants exert on the ecosystem, which is the main culprit in the global-scale mishandling of the plastic wastes. The chief component of such trash is polythene, which cannot decompose on landfill sites over the process of the next hundreds of years if no major scientific breakthrough comes along in polythene treatment. Thus, such trash must be dealt with collectively rather than be scattered like tumbleweeds. Secondly, the proliferation of plastic shopping bags and eating ware is largely fuelled by the surging, headlong consumerism. Plastic containers and utensils are lighter in weight, cheaper(often free of charge) in price and water-resistant in performance. These superior properties make them preferable to their paper and cloth counterparts in customers’ eyes; and as consumer satisfaction reigns supreme in contemporary society, compared with superb portability, affordability and utility, how to dispose of them is the last thing the customers are concerned about. Additionally, plastic bags, wrap and containers are also commercially feasible since they are cheaper to manufacture, ship and store. These mercenary considerations also have prompted the good old cloth or paper bags to be supplanted by plastic bags but over the phasing-out process, few stores and restaurants advocate or encourage the use of environmentally—benign disposal of plastic trash, hence the whole slew of non-biodegradable garbage. And environmental hazards ensue.
Given the scale and severity of “white pollution”, we must take immediate steps to address this scourge. In the first place, we must do our utmost to enhance people’s awareness of how persistent and devastating non-biodegradable trash can be to our environment and our posterity’s. Secondly, retail stores and dining establishments should spare no effort in encouraging their customers to reuse plastic packing items. Furthermore, indiscriminate and irresponsible dumping of household garbage or personal junk should be outlawed by the legislature and heavy fines or even jail terms must be imposed on those compulsive litterbugs who fail to get their act together. Then , on the part of the biochemical researchers and technologists , scientific research must be launched here and now in pursuit of effectual ways to convert non-biodegradable refuse to biodegradable refuse. Last but not least, the government must not shirk its obligations in mobilizing scientific resources and rallying popular support in the crusade against “white pollution”. Neither should it pay just lip service to relevant research and campaigns if no enough funding can be obtained otherwise. Additionally, I am convinced a customer tax levied by the government on the use of plastic bags will also help to curb this massive “white pollution”.
The havoc non-biodegradable refuse can wreak on the ecosystem is beyond our imagination. It can eventually devastate soil, water and the aquatic and terrestrial biota. We must start combating this environmental catastrophe before the ecosystem irretrievably breaks down under the reign of the minute plastic debris.
很多人說我們已經(jīng)發(fā)展成為一個“被扔掉的社會”，因為我們填補了我們的環(huán)境，有這么多的塑料袋和垃圾，我們不能完全處置。想要程度上，你同意這個觀點，你可以推薦什么樣的措施來減少這個問題？
在當(dāng)今社會，塑料容器和餐具被廣泛應(yīng)用于大城市和農(nóng)村的一致好評。他們是如此無處不在我敢大膽地說，我們每個人已經(jīng)看到，在同一時間或其他，塑料袋紛飛，風(fēng)中的難看場面的猜測。這些塑料購物袋，筷子，到去框和礦物質(zhì)的瓶裝水，以僅舉幾個例子，如果沒有適當(dāng)?shù)奶幹?，?chuàng)建非生物降解的垃圾的一個巨大的數(shù)額。因此，有人認(rèn)為，我們已經(jīng)開始了一種“用完即棄”時代，塑料垃圾桶主要是胡亂傾倒和不負(fù)責(zé)任（這種做法經(jīng)常賬戶塑料廢料的顏色標(biāo)記的“白色污染”）。就個人而言，我全力支持他們的觀點。
有許多原因令人擔(dān)憂的現(xiàn)象正在形成。首先，目前大部分的人誰商店和/或外出就餐定期仍然很差知情，無知或誤導(dǎo)有關(guān)的惡劣影響是不可生物降解的污染物產(chǎn)生的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，這是在使用全局的罪魁禍?zhǔn)姿芰蠌U棄物的規(guī)模不當(dāng)。這種垃圾的主要成分是聚乙烯，它不能在垃圾填埋場，在未來幾百年的過程中分解，如果沒有重大的科學(xué)突破走來的聚乙烯處理。因此，這些垃圾必須處理集體，而不是散落像風(fēng)滾草。其次，塑料購物袋和飲食器具的擴(kuò)散在很大程度上助長了澎湃的，輕率的消費。塑料容器和器具在價格和耐水性能重量更輕，更便宜的（通常是免費）。這些卓越的性能使得它們的紙和布對口客戶的眼睛;而作為消費者的滿意度在當(dāng)代社會中居于主導(dǎo)地位，以精湛的便攜性，可負(fù)擔(dān)性和實用性相比，如何處置這些是過去的事情了客戶關(guān)心的問題。此外，塑料袋，包裝和容器也商業(yè)上可行的，因為它們是便宜的制造，裝運和存放。這些唯利是圖的考慮也促使美好的舊布或紙袋被塑料袋所取代，但在逐步淘汰的過程中，一些商店和餐館提倡或鼓勵使用環(huán)境友好的處理塑料垃圾中，因此，整體轉(zhuǎn)換的不可生物降解的垃圾。和環(huán)境危害隨之而來。
鑒于“白色污染”的規(guī)模和嚴(yán)重性，我們必須立即采取措施來解決這一禍害。首先，我們必須盡的努力，以提高如何持久和毀滅性的不可降解垃圾的人們的意識，可以對我們的環(huán)境和我們的后代的。其次，零售商店和餐飲場所應(yīng)該不遺余力地鼓勵顧客重復(fù)使用塑料包裝的物品。此外，濫用和不負(fù)責(zé)任地傾倒生活垃圾和個人的垃圾應(yīng)該由立法機構(gòu)和高額罰款甚至牢獄之災(zāi)被取締，必須強加給那些誰輪不到他們的共同行動強迫垃圾蟲。然后，在生化研究人員和技術(shù)人員的一部分，科學(xué)研究必須在此時此地展開追求的行之有效的方法，非生物降解垃圾轉(zhuǎn)化為生物可降解的垃圾。最后但并非最不重要的，政府不能推卸調(diào)動科研資源和對“白色污染”的討伐召集民眾支持的義務(wù)。也不應(yīng)支付只是口惠而實不至相關(guān)的研究和活動，如果沒有足夠的資金可以以其他方式來獲得。此外，我相信客戶稅收對使用塑料袋征收，政府也將有助于遏制這一巨大的“白色污染”。
浩劫非生物降解的垃圾可對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)造成嚴(yán)重超出了我們的想象。它可以最終摧毀土壤，水和水生和陸生生物。我們必須開始打擊這一環(huán)境災(zāi)難前的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中的分塑料碎片的統(tǒng)治下無可挽回地打破了。