塑料污染無處不在大綱

In the deepest dive in a manned submersible, US explorer Victor Vescovo spotted and video-recorded a plastic bag and a pile of candy wrappers on the seabed. China Daily reporter Zhang Zhouxiang comments:
乘坐載人潛水器深潛時，美國探險家維克多·維斯科沃（Victor Vescovo）在海牀上發現了一個塑料袋和一堆糖紙，他用攝影機錄下了這一幕。《中國日報》記者張周祥（Zhang Zhouxiang）評論道：

His discovery of plastic waste 11.2 kilometers below sea level in the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest known point in the Earth's oceans, means there is nowhere on this planet plastic waste cannot reach, as it has been found on Mount Qomolangma and in both Arctic and Antarctic waters.
他在太平洋挑戰者深淵（地球海洋已知的最深處）深約11200米處發現了塑料垃圾，這意味着地球上的塑料垃圾已無孔不入，更別提珠穆朗瑪峯及南北極水域都曾發現了塑料垃圾。

Since the patent for plastics was registered in 1907, 8.3 billion tons of plastic products have already been produced, of which 6.3 billion have been disposed of without processing.
自1907年註冊塑料專利以來，人類已生產83億噸塑料製品，其中63億噸塑料製品已成爲廢棄物。

Most of the discarded plastic products end up in the ocean. In the Pacific Ocean, plastic garbage and other waste have already formed an island that's 1.6 million square kilometers in size. That is the size of Mongolia.
大多數的塑料垃圾最終會流入海洋。在太平洋，塑料垃圾和其它廢棄物已形成了一座面積爲160萬平方公里的島嶼，相當於整個蒙古。

Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste flow into the ocean. It is estimated that the total weight of plastic waste will reach 12 billion tons by 2050, more than the total weight of oceanic fish.
每年大約有800萬噸的塑料垃圾流入海洋。據估計，至2050年，塑料垃圾的總重量將達120億噸，超過海洋魚類的總重量。

This plastic waste kills life in the oceans and on the land alike by filling in their stomachs so they cannot eat, or winding around their bodies so they cannot breathe. It pollutes the earth and prevents plants' roots from digging deep into the ground. Plastic micro-particles also join the water cycle and enter the bodies of animals, including humans. As humans are at the top of the food pyramid, plastic micro-particles accumulate inside our bodies.
塑料垃圾導致海洋動物和陸地動物死亡--塑料進入動物體內導致它們無法進食；塑料纏繞動物的身體導致它們無法呼吸。塑料污染着地球，阻止植物的根深埋。塑料微粒還會進入水循環，從而進入到動物（包括人類）體內。由於人類處於食物金字塔的頂端，因此塑料微粒會在我們體內積聚。

Want to do something to change the situation? Don't get plastic bags at the supermarket take your own reusable one instead. Give up fast delivery lunches and cook or go to the restaurant instead. Get into the habit of sorting your garbage.
想不想做出改變？超市購物時帶上可重複使用袋，不使用超市的塑料袋。午餐不要點外賣，選擇自己做或去餐廳。養成垃圾分類的習慣。

But that's so much easier said than done. Environmentalists have been calling for behavioral changes for at least three decades, yet we continue to use a growing amount of plastic products.
但說起來容易做起來難。過去三十年來，環保主義者一直都在呼籲我們做出行動上的改變，但我們使用的塑料產品還是在逐漸增多。