So you buy something made of plastic and it's labeled biodegradable.

假如你买了些塑料制品，上面标明“可生物降解”。

When we host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April we'll work with our partners to tackle global problems like climate change and plastic waste in our oceans.

20184月，我们将主办英联邦国家政府首脑会议，并将借此机会同各个伙伴同解决气候变化、海洋塑料制品污染等全球性问题。

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的塑料制品从环境中剔除。

These are ongoing projects, but 2019 will be a year of massively reduced plastic consumption.

这些是正在进行的项目，但是2019将会成为大规模减少塑料制品消耗的。

It became much cheaper last year to buy new plastic than the recycled kind.

去，购买新的塑料制品比购买回收的塑料制品便宜得多。

The same Thomson Reuters report I told you about earlier says that by 2025 biodegradable materials based on cellulose will replace plastic packaging for all purposes.

到2025，可降解的生物纤维素材料将代替各种用途的塑料制品。

But of all the plastic ever created only 9 percent has been recycled, which means a lot of it ended up in a dump and our natural environment.

但是，在所有塑料制品中，只有9%被回收利用，这意味着很多塑料制品最终被丢弃在垃圾场和自然环境中。

Canada is banning six types of plastics.

加拿大将禁止六类塑料制品。

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

煤和石油是塑料制品的重要原料。

They help plastic products resist heat or oil.

它们帮助塑料制品抗热或者抗油。

Until quite recently, the problems of micropollution and single-use plastic were unheard-of - surprising or shocking because of not having been previously known about.

直到最近，微量污染和次性塑料制品的问题还是前所未闻的——令人惊讶或震惊，因为之前都不为人知。

Eliminate single-use plastic and buy fresh, unpackaged foods whenever possible.

少用次性塑料制品，并尽可能购买无包装的新鲜食品。

Yet lots of plastic objects that end up inside turtles have no resemblance to jellyfish.

然而，海龟体内的许多塑料制品却与水母毫无相似之处。

The mattresses are not made of cardboard. But, they can be recycled into plastic products.

床垫不是硬纸板做的。但是，床垫可以回收再制成塑料制品。

Since the 50s, they made plastic products for kids, like toy cars or Hula Hoops.

从50代开始，这家为孩子们生产塑料制品，比如玩具汽车或呼啦圈。

Well, today actually we use a lot of plastic as well.

好吧，现在我们还大量使用塑料制品了。

They come from the breakdown of many kinds of plastic products and industrial waste.

它们是由多种塑料制品和工业垃圾分解而成。

Maybe bring something made out of plastic because those are a bit safer.

或许可以带些塑料制品，因为它们相对更安全。

Now banning plastic items like straws and bags seems to be all the rage.

现在，禁止使用塑料制品（比如吸管和塑料袋）成了非常流行的做法。

It's all plastic and made out of cloth.

全都是塑料制品，用布料制成。