北京採取措施,減少一次性塑料品的使用
Capital attempt to curb disposable plastics
北京採取措施，減少一次性塑料品的使用
ON TUESDAY, the top legislature of Beijing passed a regulation on daily disposable garbage, which will come into effect on May 1, 2020. According to the regulation, fast delivery companies, hotels, and restaurants will be forbidden from using disposable plastic boxes and bags.
週二，北京市最高立法機關通過了一項生活垃圾管理條例，將於2020年5月1日生效。該條例表示，外賣公司、旅館和飯店禁止使用一次性塑料盒和塑料袋。
It is common for people to use disposable plastic bags to wrap their breakfast on the way to office, get their meals delivered in plastic boxes, and put everything they buy from the supermarket in plastic bags.
上班時提着一次性塑料袋打包的早餐、用塑料盒裝外賣、將超市購買的商品放至塑料袋中在日常生活中普遍存在。
According to a Xinhua report that quoted a garbage processing center, the amount of garbage the center has to deal with every day has grown by over 2,000 tons since last year, the main reason for that being the rapid increase in fast food deliveries.
新華社引用垃圾處理中心原話的一份報道表示，自去年以來，該中心每天要處理的垃圾量增加了2000噸以上，主要原因是外賣量的迅速增加
A look at the data from food delivery companies is more shocking. , Meituan and Baidu, the three giants of China's fast delivery food industry, receive about 60 million orders every day. If each order contains one plastic bag and two plastic boxes, the boxes placed end to end in a line would be 2,400 kilometers long, more than 6 times the distance between the Earth's surface and the International Space Station. The plastic bags laid out together would cover 1.2 million square meters, enough to cover 168 soccer fields.
外賣公司的數據更是令人吃驚。中國外賣行業的三大巨頭餓了嗎，美團和百度每天會收到6000萬份訂單。如果每份訂單需提供1個塑料袋和2個塑料盒，那這些盒子的長度可達2400公里，是地球表面與國際空間站之間距離的6倍以上。而產生的塑料袋可覆蓋120萬平方米，足足有168個足球場之多。
However, the regulation might need more corresponding measures in order to be effective. According to its current version, the fast delivery companies, restaurants, and hotels might face a fine of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan ($1,422) if they violate the regulation. But what if their customers require them to use plastic containers and bags?
然而，該條例的實施可能還需要採取更多的相應措施。目前的條例規定，如果外賣公司、飯店和旅館違法，可能面臨5000至10000元人民幣（1422美元）的罰款。但如果客戶要求他們使用塑料盒和塑料袋，又該如何呢？
What if a customer writes, "Two disposable boxes, please" while ordering a fast delivery? What if a customer wants boxes and bags to take away any unfinished dishes at a restaurant
如果客戶在訂單上備註“請給我兩個塑料盒”，該如何呢？如果客戶在飯店用完餐後要求用盒子或袋子打包剩菜剩飯，又該如何？
In order to curb the use of plastics, it is necessary to change people's habits, too. For example, a bonus system could be introduced to reward those who avoid using disposable plastics for one month. With these new measures, combined with the ban, the use of disposable plastic containers and bags by restaurants, fast delivery companies, and hotels will hopefully be curbed.
爲了限制塑料品的使用，人們也必須做出習慣上的改變。例如，可以引入獎勵機制來獎勵那些一個月不曾使用一次性塑料產品的人。這些新措施和禁止條例有望限制餐館、外賣公司和酒店使用一次性塑料盒和塑料袋。
