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In today's Buzzword Mix, our Buzzword is Zero Waste.
Hearing this expression, you know that it has something to do with environment and sustainable living. 今天咱们就来聊聊和环保以及可持续生活方式有关的Zero Waste, 零废弃的概念.
Now it sounds simple, but it's not as simple as your parents telling you don't waste food or don't waste money. It is actually a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages redesigning resource life cycles so that all products are reused.
零废弃的这个概念, 它是基于 waste prevention, 最大程度地避免废弃, 避免浪费所建立的一系列的准则.
It encourages redesigning resource life cycles. 它关注的是重新设计各种资源的生命周期, so that all products are reused.
The goal is to avoid sending trash to landfills, incinerators, or the ocean.
现在我们很多的废弃物、垃圾, 最终会到要么是landfill 垃圾填埋场, incinerator焚化炉, 或者直接排到海洋; 零废弃就是为了避免这些传统的垃圾处理方式.
The Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA) has an even more detailed definition.
零废弃国际联盟, 它对于零废弃的定义就是The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse and recovery of all products, packaging and materials.
通过负责任的生产、消费, 所有产品的重复使用和回收, 负责任的包装设计和材料选择来实现资源的保护和节约.
Without burning them and without discharges to land, water or air that threatened the environment or human health.
避免对废弃物进行焚烧, 或者是向土地、水源和空气中排放可能会破坏环境或威胁人类健康的物质.
Zero waste examines the entire life cycle of a product or material, highlighting inefficiencies and unsustainable production and consumption practices.
零废弃最大的一个特点就是, 它不只是针对一件产品, 它关注的是每一个产品或者材料的全生命周期, 生产消费各种操作中不够节能环保, 不够可持续的部分。