The parts that couldn't be downcycled were thrown away there, shipped all the way to India just to be dumped in someone else's backyard.

不能被降级回收的部分就被丢弃在那里，一路海运到印度只为了要丢在别人家的后院。

But that wasn't what was happening here. Instead, these bottles were slated to be downcycled, which means turning them into lower quality products that would just be chucked later.

但那不是在这里发生的事。相反地，这些宝特瓶预定被降级回收，意思就是将它们变成之后只会被扔掉的较低品质产品。