Plastic packaging makers are being pressured to use more recycled plastic.

塑料包装制造商正面临着使用更多再生塑料的压力。

So Szaky sought out some of the biggest purveyors of plastic packaging.

所以 Szaky 找到了一些最大的塑料包装供应商。

I seem to have more and more plastic packaging each week!

我似乎每周都有越来越多的塑料包装！

MIRANDA WANG, ENTREPRENEUR: Globally, only 8 percent of plastic packaging is being recycled.

企业家米兰达·王: 在全球范围内，只有8%的塑料包装被回收。

Wow. So this is a circular solution, creating an alternative to plastic packaging from seaweed and plants.

哇。所以这是循环解决方案，用海藻和植物创造了塑料包装的替代品。

The most common particles were polypropylene, used in plastic packaging and pipes, and PET, used in bottles.

最常见的微塑料是用于塑料包装和管道的聚丙烯以及用于制作塑料瓶的聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯。

It's no different than your plastic packaging, but it does give trashy dressing a whole new meaning.

它和你的塑料包装没什么不同，但它确实赋予了垃圾服饰一个全新的含义。

I've tried to avoid buying things that use too much plastic packaging because I'm very aware of my plastic footprint.

我尽量避免购买那些使用太多塑料包装的东西，因为我非常清楚我的塑料足迹。

They're made with palm oil, which contributes to deforestation in countries like Indonesia, and most noodles come with lots of plastic packaging.

方便面需要用棕榈油制作，而棕榈油导致印度尼西亚等国的大片森林被砍伐，而且大多数方便面都会使用大量的塑料包装。

Oh, you can see the change this far. Fewer plastic straws there, you know, bait bags, plastic food packaging, everything else, just as bad.

你现在就可以看出来变化了，这里的塑料吸管变少了，不管是诱饵袋、塑料食品包装还是其它的什么，它们都非常糟糕。

And plastic packaging was designed to be single-use, but some plastics take centuries to decompose, creating a huge build up of waste.

塑料包装被设计为一次性使用，但一些塑料需要几个世纪才能分解， 从而产生大量废物。

The same Thomson Reuters report I told you about earlier says that by 2025 biodegradable materials based on cellulose will replace plastic packaging for all purposes.

到2025年，可降解的生物纤维素材料将代替各种用途的塑料制品。

" Given plastic packaging's many benefits, both the likelihood and desirability of an across-the-board drastic reduction in the volume of plastic packaging used is clearly low, " the report said.

报告还称，“鉴于塑料包装的诸多好处，全面大幅度减少塑料包装使用量的可能性很低。”

Yep, and I'm very aware of the amount of plastic I use – in fact, I get really angry when I receive or buy something that uses unnecessary plastic packaging.

是的，我很清楚我用了多少塑料，事实上，当我收到或购买一些使用不必要的塑料包装的东西时，我真的很生气。

By choosing products with less plastic packaging, or by reusing and recycling the plastic we do use, we can drastically reduce the amount of plastic waste we generate.

通过选择塑料包装较少的产品，或者通过重复使用和回收我们使用过的塑料，我们可以大大减少我们产生的塑料废物量。

Although recycling has become more popular and accessible in recent years, only 14 percent of global plastic packaging is collected for recycling, according to the World's Economic Forum.

尽管近年来回收利用变得越来越流行和容易获得， 根据世界经济论坛的数据，但全球只有 14% 的塑料包装被收集起来用于回收利用。

But the country's own record on single-use plastic is hardly exemplary: Japan generates more plastic packaging waste per capita than any other country except the United States, according to the UN.

但日本本国在一次性塑料上的使用记录表明，日本很难起到示范作用。据联合国，日本人均塑料包装垃圾生成量仅次于美国，排名世界第二。

My high school best friend and I took a field trip to a waste transfer station in Vancouver, Canada, and we were just astounded by how much plastic packaging goes to landfill.

我的高中好友和我去加拿大温哥华的一个废物转运站做实地考察，我们惊讶地发现塑料包装被直接扔进了垃圾填埋场。

With a target set by the EU Plastics Pact for 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable or recyclable by 2025, it's vital that action is taken on all sides.

欧盟塑料公约设定了到 2025 年 100% 的塑料包装可重复使用或可回收的目标， 因此各方采取行动至关重要。

So this one family workshop that I visited was fairly typical, with a husband and wife making Halloween costumes for export, while the 90-year-old matriarch looked on, sifting through plastic packaging for shipping.

所以我参观的这个家庭作坊相当典型，一对丈夫和妻子制作万圣节服装用于出口， 而 90 岁的女族长则在一旁看着， 筛选塑料包装以备运输。