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英文外刊,纽约市计划,到2030年完全实现零垃圾

"Hey, how are you?"

“嘿,你怎么样?”

"Dropping off some stuff for 101 productions."

“给101制作公司送点东西。”

New York City theaters have an unusual performance underway.

纽约市的诸多剧院正在上演一场不寻常的演出。

Producers, actors and costume designers from downtown theaters are coming together to drop off used decorations and costumes for a cause.

纽约市区剧院的制片人、演员和服装设计师们为了一个目的聚在一起,把用过的装饰品和服装送走。

"Everybody brings in all of the clothes that they' re not using anymore.

“每个人都把不用的衣服拿进来。

A lot of their partners' clothes, kids' clothes. And we all trade and switch in people and end up with new items and then everything else gets donated."

很多同伴的衣服,小孩的衣服。我们捐赠交换物品,后得到新的,最后所有的都捐出去了。”

This card comes straight from the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

这张卡片来自表演--《哈利波特与被诅咒的孩子》。

Well, from the backstage.

嗯,在后台。

“Harry Potter' s. There was, there was something that I think I'l get snatched up."

“哈利.波特的。有一样东西,我认为我会努力抓住。”

Activist at the 101 Productions company are busy staging the musical Pretty Woman.

101制作公司的积极分子正忙着上演音乐剧《风月俏佳人》。

But despite their busy schedules, they decided to participate as well.

尽管日程很紧,他们还是决定参加。

"With all the things that are going on, with climate change, it's really important that as a community we are at the forefront of making sure that items are donated and recycled."

“一切都在发展,气候也在变化,作为一个团体,我们走在确保物品被捐赠和回收的前沿,这真的很重要。”

In New York, recycling and waste sorting has become a priority as a city that annually creates some 14 million tons of waste learns how to clean up.

在纽约,垃圾回收和分类已经成为一个重中之重,因为纽约每年会产生大约1400万吨的垃圾,该市正学习如何清理垃圾。

"This is just a life changer. It's that your kitchen never knows that because there's nothing decomposing in your trash bin."

“这能改变生活,你的厨房永远没有垃圾,因为你的垃圾桶里没有任何会腐烂的东西。”

Some New Yorkers are even taking classes about zero waste organized by the city authorities.

一些纽约市民甚至在学习市政府组织的“零垃圾”课程。

The goal is to teach people how to move from a disposable lifestyle to a recycling lifestyle.

我们的目标是教会人们如何从一次性生活方式转变成循环利用的生活方式。

To help, they also hired ecologists and psychologists.

为了帮助大家,他们还聘请了生态学家和心理学家。

"Start with small things, changing over your water bottles to reusable, then do maybe your coffee cup, then work on, weaning yourself up paper towels.

“从小事做起,把水瓶换成可重复使用的,咖啡杯也是,然后继续工作,把纸巾清理干净。

There's different ways, you know, that maybe you want to start buying local food."

有很多不同方式,也许一开始你想购买 当地食物。”

New York City has an ambitious plan to go fully zero waste by 2030.

纽约市有-个雄心勃勃的计划,要在2030年之 前完全实现零垃圾。

However, as of yet, the Big Apple is not demonstrating the best results.

然而,到目前为止,还没取得最佳效果。

Only 17 percent of waste gets recycled, which isn't a great record and has even dropped from recent years.

只有17%的垃圾得到回收利用,这不是一个很好的记录,甚至低于去年。

But more and more people are trying, even international visitors are offering to help.

但越来越多的人在尝试,甚至国际游客也在助力。

"Hi, people, I don't need my coat. Is this okay to leave it here with you people?""Yeah."

“嗨,朋友们,我不需要外套,留在你们这里行吗?”“行”。

"Thank you very much. I'm from Australia and I've had the coat for too long. It's summer over there. We re already swimming."

“非常感谢,我来自澳大利亚,这件外套我穿太久了。澳大利亚现在是夏天,我们早就开始游泳。”

Everyone is getting into the act, even the Time Square star, The Naked Cowboy, issupportive.

每个人都参与进来,时代广场的明星,裸体牛仔也都很支持。

Although unlike some of the tourists, he doesn't really have much clothing to recycle.

他虽然不同于一些游客,但并没有太多的衣服要回收利用。

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