The styrene gas left dozens unconscious in the street.

在大街上，苯气体让大量居民失去意识。

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.

“节省子”计划通过兜售和塑料业每年尽可能多地回收35亿聚苯而成立。

And they were still in everything from refrigerators and air conditioners and styrofoam.

它们仍然存在于冰箱、空调和聚苯泡沫塑料等各种物品。

It was made from polystyrene which was strong, cheap and transparent, allowing the ink level to be seen at all times.

它由聚苯制成，坚固、廉价、透明，可以随时看到墨水量。

But then it was discovered in 2015 that these little grubs could eat polystyrene and a whole new line of research opened up.

但是在2015年，人们发现这些小东西可以吃聚苯，于是一个全新的研究方向就出现了。

At the moment, 500 million poly cups are collected, processed and sold on to other businesses, such as Waterford, which turns the cups into pencils.

目前，5 亿个聚苯被收集、加工并出售给其他企业，如 Waterford，该公司将子转变为铅笔。

Because, yes, this sounds very concerning, but, on the other hand, I think about how, like — I don't know — in the '80s and '90s, having Styrofoam was just very normal and that people weren't really even worried about plastics.

因为，是的，这听起来非常令人担忧，但是，另一方面，我想到了，就像——我不知道——在 80 年代和 90 年代，使用聚苯泡沫塑料是非常正常的，人们甚至都不担心塑料。

It's unlikely to be the plastic itself: LEGO typically uses acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or ABS, plastic—a highly durable polymer that keeps the pieces strong for building, or what LEGO calls " clutch power."

这不太可能是塑料本身的：乐高通常使用丙腈-丁二-苯（ABS）塑料，这是一种高度耐用的聚合物，能够保持积木的强度，并提供乐高所谓的“咬合”。

While it can technically be recycled, it's not particularly practical, because a truck full of lightweight, air-filled Styrofoam doesn't melt down into a lot of polystyrene.

尽管从技术角度能被回收，但是不是特别实用，因为一卡车又轻又蓬松的泡沫塑料并不能够熔化成大量的聚苯。

It’s collecting all sorts from sort of tiny bits, plastic needles and bits of polystyrene, all the way up to bits of broken bucking plastic bottle as well.”

它收集各种各种各样的东西，从细小的塑料碎片、聚苯碎片和各种各样碎掉的塑料瓶。

There are also new bans in parts of the country on polystyrene packaging and microbeads that are found in personal care and cleaning products.

澳大利亚部分地区还出台了新的禁令，禁止聚苯包装，以及在个人护理和清洁产品存在的塑料微球。

We see the usual suspects of plastic lids from bottles, cups, fragments of food containers, a lot of tiny little pieces of Styrofoam.

这里有我们经常看到的塑料垃圾 —— 瓶盖、盖，食品包装容器的碎片，还有很多小的聚苯泡沫塑料颗粒。

Tastes have evolved: polystyrene cups have long replaced elegant coffee sets in many situations.

聚苯子在许多情况下早已取代了优雅的咖啡具。

Now it's mainly plain paper and polystyrene, but the skillful wrapping and excitement of unwrapping remains.

现在主要的包装材料是普通纸张和聚苯，但巧妙的包装和拆开包装时的兴奋感仍然存在。

You can also look for special recycling drop-off locations for odd items like batteries or styrofoam.

你也可以为电池或泡沫聚苯等奇怪的物品寻找特殊的回收地点。

Maybe you're imagining a big island of packaging, and styrofoam coolers, and fishing gear.

也许你在想象一个巨大的包装岛，上面满是泡沫聚苯冷却器和渔具。

Well, those Styrofoam coffee cups are sure going to add up.

那些聚苯泡沫塑料咖啡肯定会加起来。

Polystyrene ceiling tiles, no natural daylight, the least inspiring place to meet people.

聚苯天花板，没有自然采光，是最不鼓舞人心的会面场所。

Now, if you're wondering about that polystyrene clamshell, yeah, we ditched it.

现在，如果您想知道那个聚苯翻盖，是的，我们抛弃了它。

A phone case and some polystyrene balls.

一个手机壳和一些聚苯球。