We use plastics as a substitute for steel.

我们用塑料替代钢。

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

这是一种在塑料中经常使用的化物质，使它们变得柔韧，被研究员认为是类潜在的致癌物质。

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

们普遍认为，这种对塑料的嗜好是一种错误的识别。

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

该建筑项目将废弃的塑料制成建筑级砖。

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

而塑料回收后就会贬值，纸张也是如此。

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

大火始于周三清晨纳什维尔市的一处工业塑料回收。65％的火势已得到控制。

They are pushing for more recycled plastics in new products.

他们正在推动在新产品中使用更多的再生塑料。

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

我们可能也没有能力把这么多的塑料制品从环境中剔除出来。

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

一些常见的污染物是咖啡杯，塑料袋，油腻的披，可回收的塑料.

It was also fascinated with the use of plastics.

塑料的使用也使它让着迷。

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的，因为PVC主要是由一种基于盐的化合物制成的，是一种天然材料，据说它比其他塑料消耗更少的能源。

And you're not dealing with micro plastics.

你是在处理微型塑料垃圾。

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" .

离开大之后为一家小型的塑胶制品公司工作，却被拒绝在英国化巨头ICI（ICI： 即，帝国化工业 - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd）任职，因为正如那份事部报告所述，" 这位女士个性倔强，宁折弯，并且固执己见到了危险的程度。"

The first is to reduce the use of plastics.

首先是减少塑料的使用。

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，它是发展塑料的科团体，现在同一个社区必须使用所有的技术来解决塑料造成的问题。

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”计划通过兜售和塑料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.

它们像可以放进运动包里的容器那么耐用，它们也像商店货架上的容器那么耐用，例如，与可存放数月的塑料竞争。

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

目前，某些种类的塑料供应求。

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。

Here she is speaking to BBC World Service programme, People Fixing the World: Microplastics, plastics in general, are being an increasing problem – they're everywhere.

以下是她在BBC全球服务节目People Fixing the World中谈到的：微塑料，总体来说就是塑料这个东西，正在成为一个日益严重的问题——它们无处在。