We use plastics as a substitute for steel.

我们用塑替代钢。

This is a chemical often used in plastics to make them pliable and is considered a potential carcinogen in humans by researchers.

这是一种在塑中经常用化学物质，它们变得柔韧，被研究人员认为是人类潜在致癌物质。

It is widely assumed that this penchant for plastics is a matter of mistaken identity.

人们普遍认为，这种对塑嗜好是一种错误识别。

The building project takes discarded plastics and turns them into construction grade bricks.

该建筑项目将废弃塑制成建筑级砖。

And plastics degrade as they're recycled, as does paper.

而塑回收后就会贬值，纸张也是如此。

The fire started Wednesday morning at industrial plastics recycle outside Nashville. It's about 65% contained.

大火始于三清晨纳什维尔市一工业塑回收站。65％火势已得到控制。

They are pushing for more recycled plastics in new products.

他们正在推动在新产品中用更多再生塑。

But in general, when people refer to plastics, they're referring to synthetic materials.

人们所指是人造材质。人们所指是人造材质。

It's unlikely and probably unaffordable to take plastics out of the environment altogether.

我们不可能也没有能力把这么多塑制品从环境中剔除出来。

Some common contaminants are coffee cups, plastic bags, greasy pizza boxes, non-recyclable plastics.

一些常见污染物是咖啡杯，塑袋，油腻披萨盒，不可回收塑.

It was also fascinated with the use of plastics.

塑用也它让人着迷。

Vinyl manufacturers and trade organizations say yes, because PVC is mostly made from a compound based on salt, a natural material, and it supposedly uses less energy to manufacture than other plastics.

氯乙烯制造商和贸易组织是这么认为，因为PVC主要是由一种基于盐化合物制成，是一种天然材，据说它比其他塑消耗更少能源。

And you're not dealing with micro plastics.

你不是在理微型塑垃圾。

She worked for a small plastics company after leaving college but was rejected for a position at the British chemical giant ICI because, as the personnel report stated, " This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated" .

离开大学之后为一家小型塑胶制品公司工作，却被拒绝在英国化学巨头ICI（ICI： 即，帝国化学工业 - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd）任职，因为正如那份人事部报告所述，" 这位女士个性倔强，宁折不弯，并且固执己见到了危险程度。"

The first is to reduce the use of plastics.

首先是减少塑用。

McGeehan says its was the scientific community that developed plastics and now that same community must use all the technology at their disposal to find solutions to the problems plastics have caused.

McGeehan说，它是发展塑科学团体，现在同一个社区必须用所有技术来解决塑造成问题。

The Save-a-Cup scheme was set up by the vending and plastics industries to recycle as many as possible of the three-and-a-half billion polystyrene cups used each year.

“节省杯子”计划通过兜售和塑业每年尽可能多地回收35亿聚苯乙烯杯而成立。

They're not as durable as containers you could throw into a gym bag and they don't last as long on a store shelf, for instance, to compete with plastics that can sit for months.

它们不像可以放进运动包里容器那么耐用，它们也不像商店货架上容器那么耐用，例如，与可存放数月塑竞争。

Right now, some types of plastics are in short supply.

目前，某些种类塑供不应求。

Coal and oil are important raw materials for the manufacture of plastics.

煤和石油是塑制品重要原。